Chap. 353.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 32 of the Code of Virginia.
Approved December 8, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
thirty-two of the Code of Virginia be amended and re-enacted so as to
read as follows:

§ 32. The great seal—The great sealofthe Commonwealth shall consist
of a metallic disc, two and three-quarter inches in diameter, containing.
within an ornamental border one-quarter of an inch wide, the following
devices and mottoes, viz.: On the obverse: Virtus, the genius of the
Commonwealth, dressed as an amazon, resting on a spear held in her
right hand, ‘and holding a sword in her left hand, her left foot on the
figure of Tyranny, represented by a man prostrate, his head to her left.
a crown falling from his head, a broken chain in his left hand, and a
scourge in his right hand. Above the group, in a line parallel with the
border, the word “Virginia,” and in the exergue, on a curved line, the
motto, “Sic semper tyrannis.” On the reverse, a group Libertas with the
wand and pileus in her right hand; on her right, Asternitas, with the
globe and phoenix in her right hand; and on the left of Libertas, Ceres.
with a cornucopia in her left hand, and ears of wheat in her right. Over
this device, in a curved line, the word, “Perseverando.”

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.