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H.J.Res. 121 (83rd): Joint resolution for admitting the State of Ohio into the Union

The text of the resolution below is as of Aug 7, 1953 (Passed Congress).


67   STAT.]          PUBLIC LAW 204-AUG. 7, 1953                                               407

That such loans shall bear interest at a rate of 3 per centum per annum
on the unpaid balance from their maturity date until final payment.
No public or private agency shall be eligible to receive a loan under
the provisions of this Act while such agency is in default in the pay-
ment of any loan made to it pursuant to the provisions of the Displaced          62 Stat. 1009.
                                                                                  5 0 U S C app.
Persons Act of 1948, as amended.                                                1951 n o t e .

              ELIGIBLE A L I E N S TO BE NONQUOTA I M M I G R A N T S

  SEC. 17, Any alien granted a visa under this Act shall be deemed
a nonquota immigrant for the purposes of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (66 Stat. 163).                                                  8 u s e 1101 note.

                    A U T H O R I Z A T I O N OF APPROPRIATIONS

  SEC. 18. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such funds
as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
                                    REPORTS

  SEC. 19. The Administrator shall report to the President and the
Congress on the operation of the program established under this Act
on or about January 15 and June 15 of each year and shall submit
a final report not later than June 15,1957. Such reports shall include
full and complete details regarding the administration of the Act and
the administration of the funds provided for in section 16 of this Act.

                                 TERMINATION

  SEC. 20. No immigrant visa shall be issued under this Act after
December 31, 1956.
  Approved August 7, 1953.


Public Law 204                                                    CHAPTER 337
                           JOINT RESOLUTION                                      August 7,1953
               For admitting the State of Ohio into the Union.                  [ H . J . R e s 121]
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Whereas, in pursuance of an act of Congress, passed on the thirtieth
   day of April, one thousand eight hundred and two, entitled "An
   Act to enable the people of the Eastern division of the territory
   northwest of the river Ohio to form a constitution and state govern-
   ment, and for the admission of such state into the Union, on an
   equal footing with the original States, and for other purposes", 2 Stat. 173.
   the people of the said territory did, on the twenty-ninth day of
   November, one thousand eight hundred and two, by a convention
   called for that purpose, form for themselves a constitution and
   state government, which constitution and state government, so
   formed is republican, and in conformity to the principles of the
   articles of compact between the original States and the people and
   States in the territory north-west of the river Ohio, passed on the
   thirteenth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-
   seven : Therefore, be it                                                u s e . 1952 ed.,
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   Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United,
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the State of Ohio, ^^^^      Ohio.
                                                                           Admission i n t o
shall be one, and is hereby declared to be one, of the United States of uiSon
America, and is admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the
original States, in all respects whatever.
   SEC. 2. This joint resolution shall take effect as of March 1, 1803. Effective date
   Approved August 7, 1953.