Volume 68 · 35
Public Law 83–319
To permit the flying of the flag of the United States for 24 hours of each day in Flag House Square, Baltimore, Maryland.
Approved March 26, 1954
Statutory text
AN ACT
To permit the flying of the flag of the United States for 24 hours of each day in Flag House Square, Baltimore, Maryland.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That notwithstanding any rule or custom pertaining to the display of the flag of the United States of America as set forth in the joint resolution entitled “Joint resolution to codify and emphasize existing rules and customs pertaining to the display and use of the flag of the United States of America”;, approved June 22, 1942, as amended, authority is hereby
56 Stat. 377.
36 USC 171–178.
conferred on the appropriate officer of the State of Maryland to permit the flying of the flag of the United States for twenty-four hours of each day in Flag House Square, Albemarle and Pratt Streets, Baltimore, Maryland.
Sec. 2.
Subject to the provisions of section 3 of the joint resolution of June 22, 1942, as amended, authority is also conferred on the
appropriate officer of the State of Maryland to permit the flying of a replica of the flag of the United States which was in use during the War of 1812 for twenty-four hours of each day in Flag House Square, Albemarle and Pratt Streets, Baltimore, Maryland.
Approved March 26, 1954.