flag of the united states

FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES. By the act entitled, "An act to establish the 
flag of the United States," passed April 4, 1818, 3 Story's L. U. S., 1667, 
it is enacted
     2.-1. That from and after the fourth day of July next, the flag of 
the United States be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white: 
that the union be twenty stars, white in a blue field. 
     3.-2. That, on the admission of every new state into the Union, one 
star be added to the union of the flag; and that such addition shall take 
effect on the fourth day of July then next succeeding such admission.