Section 30-C. Seal of Franklin county and of the county clerk and the supreme court  


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  • 1. The county of Franklin,  the  county  clerk  of  said
      county  and  the supreme court therein, shall have and use the following
      seal:
     
                                 Description of Seal
     
      The Seal shall be approximately 2  1/4  inches  in  diameter  and  shall
      consist  of  two concentric circles; the inner circle to be divided into
      four parts; the upper part of the space between such  circles  shall  be
      inscribed  with  the words in capital block letters "FRANKLIN COUNTY" in
      the lower part shall be inscribed in  capital  block  letters  the  word
      "SEAL",  and  such  Seal  shall further bear the following: a farm scene
      depicting a barn and silo in the upper left-hand one-quarter;  a  winter
      scene of a person skiing in the upper right hand one-quarter; a scene of
      a  woodland  stream in the lower right-hand one-quarter and a scene of a
      deer in the  lower  left-hand  one-quarter.  It  is  intended  that  the
      foregoing  scenes  depict  acts  found  in  Franklin  county,  including
      farming, skiing, hiking, fishing and hunting.
        2. The county clerk of Franklin county shall cause the design of  said
      seal  (in  black and white) to be engraved upon metal. From time to time
      he shall obtain and make available, and keep in good order and repair as
      many of such engraved metal seals as may be  necessary  for  the  proper
      performance  of the duties of his office and of the duties of the clerks
      and officers in the supreme court authorized to use said seal.  All  the
      expense  incurred  by  the county clerk incident to said seal shall be a
      county charge against the county of Franklin.
        3. Such seal shall be used and affixed only: (a) by the  county  clerk
      of Franklin county or by any deputy or clerk duly authorized by him; and
      (b)  by any justice of the supreme court resident in Franklin county, or
      by any clerk or officer duly authorized by said justice.
        4. The use of said seal or of any replica or  simulation  thereof,  in
      form  or  substance,  by  any  unauthorized  person  or for any wrongful
      purpose, is prohibited. Any  violation  of  this  prohibition  shall  be
      deemed to be a misdemeanor and punishable as such.