HP0073, LD 87, item 2, Document Text

Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:

‘Sec. 1. 1 MRSA §201 is amended to read:

§ 201. State seal

The seal of the State shall be is a shield, argent, charged with a pine tree (Americana, quinis ex uno folliculo setis) with a moose deer (cervus alces), at the foot of it, recumbent; supporters: on dexter side, a husbandman, resting on a scythe; on sinister side, a seaman, resting on an anchor.

In the foreground, representing sea and land, and under the shield, shall be is the name of the State in large Roman capitals, to wit:

MAINE.

The whole shall be is surrounded by a crest, the North Star. The motto, in small Roman capitals, shall be is in a label interposed between the shield and crest, viz.:--DIRIGO.

The seal of the State is the seal in use by the Secretary of State on July 1, 2010.’

summary

This amendment, which is the minority report of the committee, clarifies that the official state seal continues to follow the description in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, section 201, but that its appearance may not change from the exact version in use by the Secretary of State on July 1, 2010.

HP0073 LD 87	First Regular Session - 125th Maine Legislature C "A", Filing Number H-62, Sponsored by		LR 18 Item 2
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