512                              Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 396

Whereas, It is desirable to adopt the seal by law and to codify
its official and heraldic description together with unofficial descrip-
tions and explanations of both sides of the seal; now, therefore

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new Section 74A be and it is hereby added to Article 41 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Governor—
Executive and Administrative Departments", to follow immediately
after Section 74 thereof and to be under the new sub-title "Maryland
Seal", and to read as follows:

Maryland Seal

74A. (a) The seal heretofore and now in use and known as the
Great Seal of Maryland is legalized and adopted as the seal of the
State of Maryland. Its official and heraldic description is as follows:
Quarterly, first and fourth, paly of six or and sable, a bend counter-
changed; second and third, quarterly argent and gules, a cross bot-
tony counter changed; Crest (which is placed upon a helmet, showing
five bars, over a Count-palatine's coronet) on a ducal coronet proper,
two pennons, dexter or, the other sable; staves gules; motto "Fatti
maschii, parole femine"; supporters, a plowman and a fisherman
proper; a mantle doubled with ermine, surrounding the arms and
supporters. Upon a border encircling the seal, shall be engraven this
legend, "Scuto bonae voluntatis tuae coronasti nos," and the date
"1632". The diameter of the seal shall be three inches.

(b)  An unofficial description and explanation of the seal (and this
being what is generally known as the "reverse" side) is as follows:
The upper left and lower right hand quarters represent the arms of
the Calvert family. This coat-of-arms is divided into six vertical
pieces of gold and black with a diagonal, having the colors inter-
changed, extending from the upper left hand corner to the lower
right hand corner. The lower left and upper right hand quarters
represent the arms of the Crossland family. This coat-of-arms is
divided into quarters of silver and red with a budding or flory cross
imposed upon the field. The colors of the cross are interchanged in
relation to the quarters of the coat-of-arms. At the crest of the seal
are two pennons, or pennants, the one on the right black, the other
gold. Each has a red staff. They are placed on a ducal coronet or
crown. Immediately below this coronet is a five barred helmet, placed
full face, atop a Count-palatine's or Earl's coronet. The motto be-
neath the coat-of-arms reads, "Fatti maschii, parole femine," trans-
lated usually as "Manly deeds, womanly words." The supporters are,
on the right, a fisherman and, on the left, a plowman. Surrounding
the supporters and the arms is a mantle doubled with ermine. En-
circling the seal is the legend "Scuto bonae voluntatis tuae coronasti
nos," which has been translated to meanS "With favor wilt thou
compass us as with a shield." The date "1632" refers to the year the
charter was granted. The diameter of the seal is three inches.

(c)  An unofficial description and explanation of what is generally
known as the "obverse" side of the seal, which has never been cut
for official use by the State, is as follows: it depicts Lord Baltimore
as a knight in full armor mounted on a charger along a seashore.
A drawn sword is in his right hand, and a count palatine's coronet
encircles the helmet upon his head. Affixed to the coronet are pennants
depicting the Calvert colors and a flowing plume of feathers. The