On August NUMBER@1 , NUMBER@2 , ORGANIZATION@1 passed a law retroactively setting the date of LOCATION@1 's statehood at March NUMBER@3 , NUMBER@4 , the date when LOCATION@1 's first legislature convened .

On August NUMBER@1 , NUMBER@2 , ORGANIZATION@1 passed a law retroactively making LOCATION@1 a state as of March NUMBER@3 , NUMBER@4 , the date when LOCATION@1 's first legislature convened .
