Joint resolution creating a committee to assist in the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the Congress of 1754, held at Albany, New York, on June 24 of that year
PL 83-198 (H.J.Res.290), enacted 08/05/1953

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PUBLIC LAW 198-AUG. 5, 1953 
[67 ST A T , 
August 5,1953 
[H. J. Res. 290] 
Public Law 198 
CHAPTER 331 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Creating a committee to assist in tlie celebration of the two hundredth 
anniversary of the Congress of 1754, held at Albany, New York, on June 24 
of that year. 
^ A l b a n y , N. Y., 
Congress. 
Anniversary cel-
ebration. 
Whereas June 24, 1954, will mark the two hundredth anniversary of 
the first Congress held in the United States; and 
Whereas said Congress was assembled in Albany, New York, on a site 
presently marked with a simple inscription, "Birthplace of American 
Union. 
Site of the Congress of 1754, Here Benjamin Franklin 
presented the first plan of federal union"; and 
Whereas it is fitting that this Congress of 1953 pay tribute to its 
stirring beginning: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Refvesentatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That there shall be appointed 
a committee of fourteen Members of Congress from the seven States 
which sent delegates to the Congress of 1754, seven of whom shall be 
appointed by the President of the Senate and seven by the Speaker of 
the House, to participate in the ceremonies in Albany, New York, on 
June 24, 1954, to celebrate the date on which the first Congress in 
America adopted this resolution: '•''Resolved^ That a union of all the 
colonies is absolutely necessary for their security and defense." 
Approved August 5, 1953. 
Public Law 199 
CHAPTER 332 
August 5. 1953 
"JOINT RESOLUTION 
[H. J. Res.325] 
iji^ establish the date of the second regular session of the Eighty-third Congress. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the second regular 
session of the Eighty-third Congress shall begin at noon on Wednes-
day, January 6.1954. 
Approved August 5, 1953. 
August 5, 1953 
[H. R. 1806] 
Public Law 200 
CHAPTER 333 
AN ACT 
To amend further the Federal Register Act, as amended. 
Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
44 u s e 311. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 11 of 
the Federal Register Act (49 Stat. 503), as amended, is hereby further 
amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 11. (a) The Administrative Committee of the Federal Regis-
ter is authorized, with the approval of the President, to require, from 
time to time as it may deem necessary, the preparation and publication 
in special or supplemental editions of the Federal Register of complete 
codifications of the documents of each agency of the Government 
which have general applicability and legal effect, which have been 
issued or promulgated by such agency by publication in the Federal 
Register or by filing with the Committee, and which are relied upon 
by the agency as authority for, or are invoked or used by it in the 
discharge of, its activities or functions, and are in force and in effect 
as to facts arising on or after such dates as may be specified by the 
Committee.