§ 2-1. City seal.  


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  • (a)

    The seal of the City shall be represented by a design, within a circle 1¾ inches in diameter, which shall represent a female figure typifying robed justice, bearing scales in the left hand and carrying a drawn sword in the right hand; the inner and upper semicircle to contain the motto "SIC ITUR AD ASTRA" (such is the way to the stars) in Roman characters, and under the figure, in smaller Roman characters, the words "City of Richmond, July 19, 1782," being the seal in use by the City prior to October 1782.

    (b)

    No other design or seal shall be used for the City, and no paper issued with municipal authority, which requires the seal of the City, shall be valid unless the seal described in Subsection (a) of this section shall be affixed to such paper.

    (Code 1993, § 2-1; Code 2004, § 2-1)

    Charter reference— Designation of City Clerk as custodian of corporate seal, § 4.04.

(Code 1993, § 2-1; Code 2004, § 2-1)

Charter reference

Designation of City Clerk as custodian of corporate seal, § 4.04.