§ 42-4-2 State seal.
There shall continue to be one seal for the public use of the state; the form
of an anchor shall be engraved thereon; the motto thereof shall be the word
"Hope"; and in a circle around the outside shall be engraved with the words,
"Seal of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1636".
(G.L. 1896, ch. 5, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 5, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 5,
§ 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 19, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 42-4-2; P.L. 2007, ch.
340, § 7.)