Seal of Connecticut

Seal of Connecticut
Details
Introduced	1931
Motto (motto)	Qui Transtulit Sustinet

The current seal of the US state Connecticut was established in 1931.

description

The Connecticut Seal (full name: Great Seal of the State of Connecticut ) shows three grapevines and underneath a banner with the Latin inscription:

“ Qui Transtulit Sustinet. "

( Whoever brought over will receive. )

history

The first Connecticut seal was brought from England by Colonel George Fenwick in 1639. It was the seal of the Saybrook Colony and was passed on to the Connecticut Colony when they acquired the land and fort at Saybrook Point from George Fenwick in 1644.

From that point on, the seal was used by the Connecticut General Court, with no precise record of who held the seal. On October 9, 1662, the Connecticut General Assembly resolved that the seal be placed in the care of the Secretary of State and used as the seal of the colony in necessary matters. It remained the seal of the colony until October 1687. At this point, Sir Edmund Andros took over the rule of the colony, and the seal disappeared.

On October 25, 1711, a meeting between the governor and the council (upper house of the general assembly) came to the conclusion that " a new tax stamp should be created based on the colony's seal, suitable for use on a seal plate; to this The purpose is to acquire a press and suitable tools as soon as possible. The colony bears the costs; it is also responsible for using the tax stamp, which is to be kept in the State Secretary's office. "

The new, less elaborately designed seal was larger and more oval-shaped than the original. The motto stayed the same, but the number of vines was reduced to three and the Latin inscription "Sigillum Coloniae Connecticutensis" ( Seal of the Connecticut Colony ) was added to the edge. It is believed that the three vines were chosen to represent the three colonies of New Haven , Saybrook, and Connecticut .

After the end of the War of Independence , the inscription on the colony seal was no longer appropriate. Therefore, in May 1784, the General Assembly instructed the Secretary of State to change the inscription to "SIGILL. REIP. CONNECTICUTENSIS". Even so, when a new version of the seal was created, the words "Sigillum Reipublicae Connecticutensis" (Seal of the State of Connecticut) were spelled out. Since then there has been no change to the state seal. In 1931 the General Assembly decided that all representations of the seal must conform to the description in State Law No. 54 of the same year. This legislative term prohibited the reproduction of the seal except by or on the instruction of the State Secretary.

Connecticut flag

It is the only non-round seal of a US state and can also be found in a modified form in the Connecticut flag .

Web links

State of Connecticut - The State Seal