56                                LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 31

CHAPTER 31
(Senate Bill 55)

AN ACT to add new Sections 135D and 135E to the Code of Public
Local Laws of Worcester County (1961 Edition and 1965 Supple-
ment) , being Article 24 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land, title "Worcester County", to follow immediately after Section
135C thereof, and to be under the new subtitle "County Flag and
Seal", provides for an official flag and an official seal for Worcester
County and describing and characterizing the flag and seal.

Whereas, A flag for Worcester County has been designed by Mr.
and Mrs. Edmund R. Cueman and made by Mrs. Cueman, based upon
the best historic knowledge available; and

Whereas, A copy of the old official seal of Worcester County has
been found in the Hall of Records and, together with the flag, has
been presented to the Board of County Commissioners of Worcester
County; and

Whereas, It is desirable to preserve in the local laws of Worcester
County a description of these valuable designs, to protect and pre-
serve for future generations the rich heritage and traditions of this
old historic county; now, therefore,

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Sections 135D and 135E be and they are hereby added to
the Code of Public Local Laws of Worcester County (1961 Edition
and 1965 Supplement), being Article 24 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, title "Worcester County", to follow immediately
after Section 135C thereof, and to be under the new subtitle "County
Flag and Seal", and to read as follows:

County Flag and Seal

135D. The official flag of Worcester County, Maryland, is de-
scribed as one bearing the red cross of St. George on a blue field,
there being two crossed Indian arrows fastened together with a shell
and leather thongs which are in black on a border of white and are
centered in the cross of St. George, symbolic of the peaceful Indian
tribes which inhabited this land and further symbolizing objects of
basic and ornamental value to the Indians.

135E. The official seal of Worcester County, Maryland, consists of
a shield bearing the Calvert Arms above which is a coronet, (per-
haps symbolic of the Earl of Worcester after whom this county was
named when formed in 1742) and a slightly oval band on which is
inscribed the words "County Worcester", which band surrounds the
coronet and shield.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved March 23, 1966.