Task: Text Simplification
Input (English): on august 7 , 1953 , congress passed a law retroactively setting the date of ohio 's statehood at march 1 , 1803 , the date when ohio 's first legislature convened.
Output (English): on august 7 , 1953 , ohio congress retroactively set the date of statehood at march 1 , 1803 , the date the first legislature convened.