- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- Present great seal of Georgia [1960]
- Creator:
- Georgia. Secretary of State
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Secretary of State
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia. Secretary of State
- Date of Original:
- 1960
- Subject:
- Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- publications (documents)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- External Identifiers:
- OCLC 07147594
NZ MMS ID 9910100276302931
Call Number F286.5 - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_s-ga-bs700-b-pm1-b1960-bs4
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_s-ga-bs700-b-pm1-b1960-bs4
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
PRESENT
GREAT SEAL
OF GEORGIA
The present Great Seal has been in use since 1799 with th e exception of the period 1863-1865 when a specially designed Great Seal w as used, and th e period 1868-1871, w hen it w as hidden by S ecretary of Stat e Nathan C . Barnett . In 1872, it was restored by M r. Barnett after Georgians were again in power in th e state . I n 1914, the da te on the S eal was change d by legislative action from 1799 to correspond with th e year of the state's birth and th e birthday of th e United States. Th e descripiton of th e S eal is as foll ows: Th e device on one side is a view of the seashore, with a ship bearing the flags of th e Unit ed States riding at anchor near a w harf, receiving on board hogsheads of toba cco and bales of cotton, emblematic of the exports of this Stat e; at a small distan ce a boat, landing from the interior of the Stat e, with hogsheads, etc., on board, representing t he Stat e's internal traffic; in the back part of the same side a man in th e act of plowing, and at a small distan ce a flo ck of sheep in diff erent postu res, shaded by a flou rishing tree; the motto thereon, " A griculture and Co mmerce, 1776." Th e device on th e other side is three pillars supporting an arc h, with the word " Constitution" engraven within th e same, em blematic of the C onstitution, supported by the th ree departm ents of go vernment, viz., th e legislati ve, judicial, and executive-th e first pillar having engraven on it "Wisdom ," the second " J ustice," the third M oderation"; on the right of the last pillar a man standing with a drawn sword, represe nting the aid of the m ilitary in the defense of the Constitution; the motto, " Stat e of Georgia, 1776." t!nnotated code of Georgia, 1933, chapter 40-7, code section 40-701. ( A cts 1799, Cobb, p. 959. A cts 1914, p. 1247).
STATE TREE - LIVE OAK General Oglethorpe Oak - Darien
Photo cou1tesy of Gemgia Forestry Commission
STATE BIRD- BROWN THRASHER STATE FLOWER- THE CHEROKEE ROSE
Photo on next page suitable fo1 framing
STATE FLAG
Approved by General Assembly February 1956
Compiled by
BEN W. FORTSON, JR.
Secretary of State . Atlanta, Georgia