The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-20
aHE ARMS OF rns s1ArE.
Correct D~eseriptio. or Them Ne Given IN
Chapter afo. Laws Of 1909.

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How many persons know what n really beau.
tiful coat Of arms this State has1 Probably
few. But II is really n strangely beautiful AZ
fair. and, rs II It hadn't been sufficiently beau
tiful. the Legislature OF 1900 GROWERS quest.
ed" it,'and row.it Ia beautiful officially.
Some legislator OF 1906 didn't like the way
the arms were blazoncd: 80 after reading up
In the.encyclopndias on the subject OF herald
~, T., evolved n bill. which the other leglsla.
tors OF 1906. accepted. and now the bill 10 q
part Of the statute laws OF this State. as Chop
ter ooo. Laws Of 1890, as followeth:
Section l Section forty OF chapter six
hundred and seventy.einht OF tho Laws OF
eighteen hundred and ninety:two. known as
the State law, is hereby amended 30 as to read
'Section 40 Description Of the arms OF the
State and the State flag: The device OF arms or
teen hundred and ssventy-elRht. is hereby de-
clared to be correctly described, az follows:
fes. oh Using IN H1E splen ID or. behind a range OF
three mountains. the middle one the blghest;
In bns- II ship and sloop under sail. passing
and about to meet on n river. bordered below
bv n grassy shore fringed with shrubs. all
proper. ...n .ns mr. NJ,
American eagle proper. rising to the dexter
inr the North Atlantic Ocean with outlines Of
Supporter, -0n n quasi ccmpartment
formed by che extension OF the scroll dexter;
s shs fi Seser 81 t 4 with p pesTi. hs ses aslr s s,snevs SAN.
dalled Rules. about the waist a %cincturc, or
frinced culcs. q Inan'le OF. the last. depending
from the shoulders behind to the feet. In tho
dexter hand a staff unsigned with . Phrygian
cnp or. the sinister arm endowed. the hand
supporting the shield at the dexter ,o th Tsl
iected. sinister-The figure OF Justice proper.
her hair dishevellol and decorated with pearls,
vested or. about the waist n ~cincture azure.
rringei pules. sandaiied and mantled rs LIB
erty. bound about the eyes with a INLET proper.
In tn dexter hand y straight c sWSTa n1 h,,,e 81 , or;
shield. the sinister arm endowed, holding DC
fore her her scales proper.
state .Fiaa-The. State flag Is hereby do,
clarcd to be bnir. charged Win the arms OF
biszon OF this section"
Now all this means that the arms OF the
scspe is 10 b. seen. consisting OF a golden sun
rising behind three green mountains. and
looking down Oh q blue river on which are a
Foreground. All proper means in heraldry
represented are used. A modern poster: even
II i is not French, can not be described her
aldicaily as all proper"
The crsst. IL simplicity itself. The support.
ers, one. Is glad TO note, are proper. Thus
Liberty has rosy cheek, and yellow hair: pre-
room slippers. a gold belt. with red fringe, and
a red CLOAK (her golf cloak. snatched up hur.
riedly, .doubtlessl; In her right hand she holds
n golf club with n yellow toboggun cap on IL:
her left hand stead.es The shield with the land
scape on Il: and n royal crown upsi-e down
lies near her left foot.
Justice has got up in a hurry. too: she wears
n yellow gown. with q blue belt with red fringe,
and with u red golf cane Just like Liberty's:
Her gold sword rests ON the upper left hand
corner of the shield. her eyes are blinded W.T.
a clean white handkerchief ia tllet proper"l.
and she has her tested scales In her left hand.
Altogether II Is a very complete coat OF arms
Island or OF Maryland. at least easier than
those OF Tennessee and of Nebraska, which sim
ply defy nil heraldric laws. Persons who like
to have even little things correct cannot thank
too warmly the legislators OF 1893 for having
adopted Charter 2aD " the Laws OF that year.