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Wave
that Flag,
Wave it wide and high.
U.S.
Blues – The Grateful Dead
Every
country of this world recognizes the “International law of
the flag” treaty and all government offices must by law,
display the flag of their jurisdiction. The courts of our great land
are equally bound by this international law.
Which
flag are they flying, matey?
Let
me guarantee you it is not the civilian peacetime flag
of the American Union of States, clearly defined in the Untied
States Code at Title 4, section 1, chapter 1.
Any
deviation from the dimensions in Title 4 is described as a fraudulent
flag in section 3.
All
government offices display gold-fringed military flags or 3x5 army
flags because they are all vessels of the UNITED STATES
Corporation.
You
can't even buy a Title 4 Flag at WAL-MART, only the 3x5 proportion
military flags.
The
proper red, white, and blue Title 4 U.S.C. Section 1, Chapter 1
Civilian American Flag of the unity States of America with no yellow
coloring or fringe takes precedence over all other flags because it
is the flag of America the Nation, with an organic constitution. It
has very specific dimensions that are defined in TITLE 4 of the
UNITY-STATES CODE at CHAPTER 1: SECTIONS 1 and 2, it establishes the
civilian jurisdiction for all courts in the united States of America,
and it presence invokes constitutional authority. This civilian
authority is mandated in almost all the State constitutions.
TITLE
4 U.S.C.S.
CHAPTER
1
Section
1. - Flag stripes and stars on The
flag of the United States shall be thirteen horizontal stripes,
alternate red and white; and the union of the flag
shall be forty-eight stars, white in a blue field.
Source
(July 30, 1947, ch. 389, 61 Stat. 642.)
EXECUTIVE
ORDER NO. 10798 Ex. Ord. No. 10798, Jan. 3, 1959, 24 F.R. 79,
which prescribed proportions and sizes of flags until July 4, 1960,
was revoked bysection 33 of Ex. Ord. No. 10834, set out as a note
under this section.
EX.
ORD. NO. 10834. PROPORTIONS AND SIZES OF FLAGS AND POSITION OF
STARS Ex. Ord. No. 10834, Aug. 21, 1959, 24 F.R. 6865, provided:
WHEREAS
the State of Hawaii has this day been admitted into the Union; and
WHEREAS section
2 of title 4
of the United States Code provides as follows: ''On the admission
of a new State into the Union one star shall be added to the union of
the flag; and such addition shall take effect on the fourth day of
July then next succeeding such admission.''; and WHEREAS the
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (63 Stat.
377), as amended (see Short Title note under section
471 of Title 40,
Public Buildings, Property, and Works) authorizes the President to
prescribe policies and directives governing the procurement and
utilization of property by executive agencies; and WHEREAS the
interests of the Government require that orderly and reasonable
provision be made for various matters pertaining to the flag and that
appropriate regulations governing the procurement and utilization of
national flags and union jacks by executive agencies be prescribed:
NOW,
THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of
the United States and as Commander in Chief of the armed forces of
the United States, and the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949, as amended (see Short Title note under section
471 of Title 40,
Public Buildings, Property, and
Works),
it is hereby ordered as follows:
PART
I - DESIGN OF THE FLAG
Section
1. - The flag of the United States shall have thirteen horizontal
stripes, alternate red and white, and a union
consisting of white stars on a field of blue.
Section
2. - The positions of the stars in the union of the flag
and in the union jack shall be as indicated on the attachment to this
order, which is hereby made a part of this order.
Section
3. - The dimensions of the constituent parts of the
flag shall conform to the proportions set forth in the
attachment referred to in section 2 of this order.
PART
II - REGULATIONS GOVERNING EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
Sec.
21. - The following sizes of flags are authorized for
executive agencies:
Dimensions
of Flag
Size
Hoist (width) Fly (length)
Feet
Feet
(1) 20.00 38.00
(2) 10.00 19.00
(3) 8.95
17.00
(4) 7.00 13.30
(5) 5.00
9.50
(6) 4.33 8.22
(7) 3.50
6.65
(8) 3.00 4.00
(9) 3.00
5.70
(10) 2.37 4.50
(11)
1.32 2.50
Sec.22.
- Flags manufactured or purchased for the use of executive
agencies:
(a)
Shall conform to the provisions of Part I of this order, except as
may be otherwise authorized pursuant to the provisions of section
24, or except as otherwise authorized by the provisions of section
21, of this order.
(b)
Shall conform to the provisions of section 21 of this order, except
as may be otherwise authorized pursuant to the provisions of
section 24 of this order.
Sec.
23. - The exterior dimensions of each union jack
manufactured or purchased for executive agencies shall equal the
respective exterior dimensions of the union of a flag of a size
authorized by or pursuant to this order. The size of the union jack
flown with the national flag shall be the same as the size of the
union of that national flag.
Sec.
24. - (a) The Secretary of Defense in respect of
procurement for the Department of Defense (including military
colors) and the Administrator of General Services in
respect of procurement for executive agencies other than the
Department of Defense may, for cause which the Secretary or the
Administrator, as the case may be, deems sufficient, make
necessary minor adjustments in one or more of the dimensions
or proportionate dimensions prescribed by this order, or
authorize proportions or sizes other than those prescribed by
section 3 or section 21 of this order.
(b)
So far as practicable, (1) the actions of the Secretary of
Defense under the provisions of section 24(a) of this order, as they
relate to the various organizational elements of the Department of
Defense, shall be coordinated, and (2) the Secretary and
the Administrator shall mutually coordinate their actions
under that section.
Sec.
25. - Subject to such limited exceptions as the Secretary
of Defense in respect of the Department of Defense, and the
Administrator of General Services in respect of executive agencies
other than the Department of Defense, may approve, all
national flags and union jacks now in the possession of
executive agencies, or hereafter acquired by executive
agencies under contracts awarded prior to the date of this
order, including those so possessed or so acquired by the General
Services Administration, for distribution to other agencies,
shall be utilized until unserviceable.
PART
III - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec.
31. - The flag prescribed by Executive Order No. 10798 of
January 3, 1959, shall be the official flag of
the United States until July 4, 1960, and on that date the flag
prescribed by Part I of this order shall become the official flag of
the United States; but this section shall neither derogate from
section 24 or section 25 of this order nor preclude the procurement,
for executive agencies, of flags provided for by or pursuant to this
order at any time after the date of this order. Sec. 32. As used in
this order, the term ''executive agencies'' means the executive
departments and independent establishments in the executive branch of
the Government, including wholly-owned Government corporations.
Sec. 33. Executive Order No. 10798 of January 3, 1959, is hereby
revoked. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Standard
proportions:
-
|
Hoist
(width)
|
of
flag
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1.0
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A
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Fly
(length)
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of
flag
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1.9
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B
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Hoist
(width)
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of
Union
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0.5385(7/13)
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C
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Fly
(length)
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of
Union
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0.76
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D
|
|
|
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0.054
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E
|
|
|
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0.054
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F
|
|
|
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0.063
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G
|
|
|
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0.063
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H
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Diameter
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of
star
|
0.0616
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K
|
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Width
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of
stripe
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0.0769
(1/13)
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L
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SECTION
REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This
section is referred to in title 36 section 173.
Sec.
3. Use of flag for advertising purposes; mutilation of
flag
Any
person who, within the District of Columbia, in any manner,for
exhibition or display, shall place or cause to be placed any
word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing, or any
advertisement of any nature upon any flag, standard,
colors, or ensign of the United States of America; or shall expose
or cause to be exposed to public view any such flag, standard,
colors, or ensign upon which shall have been printed, painted, or
otherwise placed, or to which shall be attached, appended, affixed,
or annexed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, or drawing, or
any advertisement of any nature; or who, within the District of
Columbia, shall manufacture, sell, expose for sale, or to public
view, or give away or have in possession for sale, or to be given
away or for use for any purpose, any article or substance being an
article of merchandise, or a receptacle for merchandise or article or
thing for carrying or transporting merchandise, upon which shall have
been printed, painted, attached, or otherwise placed a
representation of any such flag, standard, colors, or ensign, to
advertise, call attention to, decorate, mark, or distinguish
the article or substance on which so placed shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100 or
by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both, in the
discretion of the court.
The
words ''flag, standard, colors, or ensign'', as used herein,
shall include any flag, standard, colors, ensign, or any
picture or representation of either, or of any part or parts
of either, made of any substance or represented on any substance, of
any size evidently purporting to be either of said flag, standard,
colors, or ensign of the United States of America or a picture or
a representation of either, upon which shall be shown the colors, the
stars and the stripes, in any number of either thereof, or of any
part or parts of either, by which the average person seeing
the same without deliberation may believe the same to
represent the flag, colors, standard, or ensign of the United
States of America.
Source
(July
30, 1947, ch. 389, 61 Stat. 642; Pub. L. 90-381, Sec. 3, July 5,
1968, 82 Stat. 291.)
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