House File 2028 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  ZIRKELBACH

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the description of the great seal of the
  2    state of Iowa.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 1A.1, Code 2009, is amended to read as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    1A.1  Seal == device == motto.
  1  4    The secretary of state be, and is, hereby authorized to
  1  5 procure a seal which shall be the great seal of the state of
  1  6 Iowa, two inches in diameter, upon which shall be engraved the
  1  7 following device, surrounded by the words, "The Great Seal of
  1  8 the State of Iowa"== a sheaf and field of standing wheat, with
  1  9 a sickle and other farming utensils, on the left side near the
  1 10 bottom; a lead furnace and pile of pig lead on the right side;
  1 11 the citizen soldier, with standing in front of a plow in his
  1 12 rear, supporting the American flag and liberty cap with his
  1 13 right hand, and his gun with his left, in the center and near
  1 14 the bottom; the Mississippi river in the rear of the whole,
  1 15 with the steamer Iowa under way; an eagle near the upper edge,
  1 16 holding in his beak a scroll, with the following inscription
  1 17 upon it:$MOur liberties we prize, and our rights we will
  1 18 maintain.
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20    This bill corrects a malapropism in the legal description of
  1 21 the great seal of the state of Iowa.  The bill describes the
  1 22 citizen soldier as standing in front of a plow.
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