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Title 1 of the Arkansas Code specifies that the seal “shall present the following impressions, devices and emblems, to wit: An eagle at the bottom, holding a scroll in its beak, inscribed ‘Regnat populus,’ a bundle of arrows in one claw and an olive branch in the other; a shield covering the breast
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of the eagle, engraved with a steamboat at top, a beehive and plow in the middle, and sheaf of wheat at the bottom; the
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passed on May 23, 1907. It amended the act of May 3, 1864, by correcting the wording of the
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at the top, holding a wreath in her right hand, a pole in the left hand, surmounted by a
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is used to authenticate certain documents issued by the Government of
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State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers, and Other Symbols
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
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State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols: a Historical Guide
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Official government emblem of the U.S. state of Arkansas
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Historical coat of arms
Armiger
Arkansas
Motto
Latin
lit.
Arkansas Territory
in exile
Washington, Arkansas
Arkansas
seal
governor
Goddess of Liberty
liberty cap
Act
Assembly
Latin
before 1836
from 1836
from 1864
after 1907
Flag of Arkansas
Symbols of the State of Arkansas
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State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers, and Other Symbols
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H. W. Wilson Company

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