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): in august of 1953 , congress passed a law setting the date of ohio 's statehood to the date of their first legislature gathering of march 1 , 1803.