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| Keywords: Seal of Ohio (Official).svg Great Seal of Ohio ;This vector reproduction state-of-ohio eps ;The design The Great Seal consists of a simple ring of text around the state coat of arms The online copy of http //codes ohio gov/orc/gp5 04 ORC §5 04 is missing an illustration of the coat of arms that the statute says reproductions must correspond substantially with The official text published in Laws of Ohio includes the illustration A scan of the illustration is struck out in the online record of http //archives legislature state oh us/bills cfm ID 125_HB_0099 125 HB 99 which was an unsuccessful attempt to modify the coat of arms The fundamental elements of the design date to March 25 1803 <ref> cite book An act designating the duties of the secretary of state Acts of the State of Ohio first session of the General Assembly held under the Constitution of the State Norwalk Ohio The Lansing Company 1803 1901 17 �18 //books google com/books id 4qI4AAAAIAAJ pg RA1-PA17 </ref> and were reintroduced on May 9 1868 The seal in its present form was adopted in 1967 On November 20 1996 the number of rays was reduced from 17 to 13 but no other significant changes took place Nevertheless since 1868 these elements have taken various forms on the physical engraving used by the Governor http //www sos state oh us/SOS/ProfileOhio/SymbolsofOhio/seal aspx Artistic reproductions of the seal have varied significantly as well From the struck-out illustration in 125 HB 99 and http //news google com/newspapers id b_1OAAAAIBAJ pg 7346 16364 this Blade article we can see that the specific form shown in this vector image dates to 1967 or earlier save for the four deleted rays State of Ohio Designed 1803; modified in 1967 and 1996 The 1996 modification reduced the number of rays from 17 to 13 and added a dot from the central end of each ray not shown here Unofficial use prohibited by http //codes ohio gov/orc/gp5 10 ORC §5 10 insignia This image is substantially similar to the reference image first published with 107 HB 164 which came into effect on December 15 1967 As required by law it was first published in the legislative journals of the Ohio House of Representatives and Ohio Senate during that year These journals do not appear to contain copyright notices <ref>For example searches for copyright © copr and rights reserved return no results from the //books google com/books id jesgAQAAIAAJ 1967 Senate Journal </ref> and no relevant entries are listed in the http //onlinebooks library upenn edu/cce/1967r html Catalog of Copyright Entries for that year File Seal of Ohio svg PD-US-no notice Svgalbertian State seals of Ohio 1 SVG - State seals of the United States Ohio | ||||
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