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Section 1-2-1
Section 1-2-1 Official coat of arms - General description.
Alabama shall have an official coat of arms which shall be as follows: a shield upon which is carried the flags of four of the five nations which have at various times held sovereignty over a part or the whole of what is now the State of Alabama: Spain, France, Great Britain and the Confederacy. The union binding these flags shall be the shield of the United States. The shield upon which the flags and shield of the United States are placed shall be supported on either side by an eagle. The crest of the coat of arms shall be a ship representing the @Badine@ which brought the French colonists who established the first permanent white settlements in the state. Beneath the shield there shall be a scroll containing the sentence in Latin: @Audemus jura nostra defendere,@ the English interpretation of which is @We Dare Maintain Our Rights.@ The word @Alabama@ shall appear beneath the state motto.
(Acts 1939, No. 140, p. 176; Code 1940, T. 55, §1.)
Section 1-2-2
Section 1-2-2 Official coat of arms - Description in heraldic terms.
The coat of arms of Alabama as described in heraldic terms shall be as follows: arms: quarterly, the first azure three fleur de lis or (for France); second quarterly first and fourth gules a tower tripple towered or, second and third argent a lion rampant gules (for Spain); third azure a saltire argent and gules over all a cross of the last fimbriated of the second (for Great Britain); fourth gules of a saltire azure, fimbriated argent 13 mullets of the last (for the Confederacy); at center in escutcheon chief azure paly argent and gules 13 (for United States) arms supported by two American eagles displayed. Crest: A full rigged ship proper.
(Acts 1939, No. 140, p. 176; Code 1940, T. 55, §2.)
Section 1-2-3
Section 1-2-3 Official coat of arms - Use.
The official coat of arms of the State of Alabama shall be placed above the speaker*s stand in each house of the Alabama Legislature, in the office of the Governor of the state, in the Department of Archives and History and any other department or institution, and shall be used for any other purpose conforming with the dignity of the coat of arms of the state upon approval of the Governor.
(Acts 1939, No. 140, p. 176; Code 1940, T. 55, §3.)
Section 1-2-4
Section 1-2-4 Great Seal of the State.
The seal shall be circular, and the diameter thereof two and a quarter inches; near the edge of the circle shall be the word @Alabama,@ and opposite this word, at the same distance from the edge, shall be the words, @Great Seal.@ In the center of the seal there shall be a representation of a map of the state with its principal rivers. The seal shall be called the @Great Seal of the State of Alabama.@ The seal shall be kept and used as required by the Constitution and laws.
(Code 1876, §18; Code 1886, §18; Code 1896, §3727; Code 1907, §1994; Code 1923, §2932; Acts 1939, Ex. Sess., No. 20, p. 22; Code 1940, T. 55, §4.)
Section 1-2-5
Section 1-2-5 Flag of the state - Description.
The flag of the State of Alabama shall be a crimson cross of St. Andrew on a field of white. The bars forming the cross shall be not less than six inches broad, and must extend diagonally across the flag from side to side.
(Code 1896, §3751; Code 1907, §2058; Code 1923, §2995; Code 1940, T. 55, §5.)
Section 1-2-6
Section 1-2-6 Flag of the state - Display.
The flag of the state shall be hoisted on the dome of the Capitol when the two houses of the Legislature are in session, and shall be used by the state on all occasions when it may be necessary or customary to display a flag, except when, in the opinion of the Governor, the national flag should be displayed.
(Code 1896, §3752; Code 1907, §2059; Code 1923, §2996; Code 1940, T. 55, §6.)
Section 1-2-7
Section 1-2-7 State bird.
The bird commonly called the yellow-hammer is hereby designated the state bird.
(Acts 1927, No. 542, p. 628; Code 1940, T. 55, §7.)
Section 1-2-8
Section 1-2-8 State salt water fish.
The tarpon is hereby designated and named the official state salt water fish of Alabama.
(Acts 1955, No. 564, p. 1226.)
Section 1-2-9
Section 1-2-9 State fresh water fish.
The largemouth bass, Micropterus punctulatus, is hereby designated and named the official fresh water fish of Alabama.
(Acts 1975, No. 1183, §1.)
Section 1-2-10
Section 1-2-10 State horse.
The racking horse is hereby designated and named the official state horse of Alabama.
(Acts 1975, No. 1153.)
Section 1-2-11
Section 1-2-11 State flower; state wildflower.
(a) The camellia, Camellia japonica L., is hereby designated and named as the official state flower of Alabama.
(b) The oak-leaf hydrangea, Hydrangea quercifolia Bartr., is hereby designated and named as the official state wildflower of Alabama.
(c) Specimens of the state flower and the state wildflower shall be deposited in the Auburn University Herbarium.
(Acts 1927, No. 541, p. 627; Code 1940, T. 55, §8; Acts 1959, No. 124, p. 646; Act 99–313, §1.)
Section 1-2-12
Section 1-2-12 State tree.
The southern longleaf pine, Pinus palustris Miller, is hereby designated and named as the official state tree of Alabama. A specimen of the state tree shall be deposited in the Auburn University Herbarium, which is the State Herbarium for Alabama.
(Acts 1949, No. 143, p. 169; Acts 1997, No. 97-548, p. 962, §1.)
Section 1-2-13
Section 1-2-13 Official mineral.
Hematite is hereby designated and named the official mineral of the State of Alabama.
(Acts 1967, No. 503, p. 1215.)
Section 1-2-14
Section 1-2-14 Official rock.
Marble is hereby designated and named the official rock of Alabama.
(Acts 1969, No. 755, p. 1334.)
Section 1-2-15
Section 1-2-15 Poet Laureate.
There shall be the honorary office of Poet Laureate of Alabama.
The Writers* Conclave, a voluntary organization of Alabama historians, playwrights, fiction writers, poets and newspaper writers, may at any annual meeting of said Writers* Conclave, designate a suitable person to hold the honorary office of Poet Laureate of Alabama; and, upon the election of a nominee by a majority of the membership present and voting, the same may be certified to the Governor of Alabama by the president of said Writers* Conclave as duly elected to the position, whereupon the Governor shall issue a commission to said Poet Laureate, bearing the Great Seal of the State of Alabama.
The term of office of Poet Laureate of Alabama shall be indeterminate. Vacancies shall be filled by the method described in the preceding paragraph.
No salary or other emoluments of a monetary nature shall be paid to the Poet Laureate of Alabama by the state by virtue of said office.
The Poet Laureate of Alabama may be entitled to wear upon his person as an insignia of the office a small gold medal simulating in design an open book, upon which may be inscribed the title of the office, the name of the incumbent and the date of the commission issued by the Governor, said medal to be provided by the Alabama Writers* Conclave from its own funds.
(Acts 1931, No. 92, p. 168; Code 1940, T. 55, §9.)
Section 1-2-16
Section 1-2-16 State song.
The poem @Alabama,@ a gift to the people of the state from Julia S. Tutwiler, together with the original music written for such poem by Edna Gockel-Gussen, which music has been approved and adopted by the Alabama Federation of Music Clubs, is hereby adopted as the state song of Alabama.
(Acts 1931, No. 126, p. 190.)
Section 1-2-17
Section 1-2-17 State game bird.
The wild turkey is hereby designated and named the official state game bird for the State of Alabama.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-734, p. 1490, §1.)
Section 1-2-18
Section 1-2-18 State dance.
The dance known as the square dance is designated the American folk dance of the State of Alabama.
(Acts 1981, No. 81-48, p. 60.)
Section 1-2-19
Section 1-2-19 State nut.
The pecan is designated as official state nut of the State of Alabama.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-17, p. 27.)
Section 1-2-20
Section 1-2-20 State fossil.
The Alabama Legislature does hereby designate as the official State of Alabama fossil the @Species Basilosaurus Cetoides.@
No fossil @Species Basilosaurus Cetoides@ shall be removed from the State of Alabama, in whole or in part, except by prior written approval of the Governor.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-66, p. 89.)
Section 1-2-21
Section 1-2-21 State renaissance faire.
The annual renaissance faire in Florence, Alabama, is hereby named and designated as the official renaissance faire in the State of Alabama, and said city is now and shall remain as the permanent location of this event.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-43, p. 44.)
Section 1-2-22
Section 1-2-22 State championship horse show.
The Alabama State Championship Horse Show is hereby designated as the official state championship horse show of Alabama.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-656, p. 1054.)
Section 1-2-23
Section 1-2-23 State butterfly.
The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail is hereby designated as the official mascot and butterfly of the State of Alabama.
(Acts 1989, No. 89-676, p. 1341.)
Section 1-2-24
Section 1-2-24 State insect.
The monarch butterfly is hereby named and designated as the official insect for the State of Alabama.
(Acts 1989, No. 89-935, p. 1842.)
Section 1-2-25
Section 1-2-25 State reptile.
In recognition of its occurrence in the State of Alabama only, Pseudemys alabamensis of the Family Emydidae and Order Testudines, or the Alabama red-bellied turtle, is hereby named and designated as the official reptile for the State of Alabama.
(Acts 1990, No. 90-82, p. 87.)
Section 1-2-26
Section 1-2-26 State gemstone.
The Star Blue Quartz is designated as the official gemstone for the State of Alabama.
(Acts 1990, No. 90-203, p. 240.)
Section 1-2-27
Section 1-2-27 State shell.
The Scaphella junonia johnstoneae is hereby designated as the official shell of the State of Alabama.
(Acts 1990, No. 90-567, p. 964.)
Section 1-2-28
Section 1-2-28 State drama.
The drama by William Gibson, @The Miracle Worker,@ which is performed annually on the grounds of Ivy Green, the birthplace of native Alabamian Helen Keller, is hereby designated as the official outdoor drama of the State of Alabama.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-37, p. 45.)
Section 1-2-29
Section 1-2-29 State barbecue championship.
The Demopolis Christmas on the River Barbecue Cook-off is hereby designated as the official Alabama State Barbecue Championship.
(Acts 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 91-739, p. 116; Acts 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 91-748, p. 126.)
Section 1-2-30
Section 1-2-30 State agricultural museum.
The Dothan Landmarks Parks is hereby designated the official Agricultural Museum for the State of Alabama.
(Acts 1992, No. 92-541, p. 1149.)
Section 1-2-31
Section 1-2-31 State horseshoe tournament.
The annual fall horseshoe tournament in Stockton, Alabama, is hereby designated as the official championship horseshoe tournament for the State of Alabama.
(Acts 1992, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 92-697, p. 90.)
Section 1-2-32
Section 1-2-32 State historic theatre.
The Alabama Theatre for the Performing Arts is designated as the official State Historic Theatre for the State of Alabama.
(Acts 1993, No. 93-26, p. 58; Acts 1993, No. 93-34, p. 67; Acts 1993, No. 93-240, p. 344.)
Section 1-2-33
Section 1-2-33 State outdoor musical drama.
@The Incident at Looney*s Tavern@ is designated as Alabama*s Official Outdoor Musical Drama.
(Acts 1993, No. 93-110, p. 166.)
Section 1-2-34
Section 1-2-34 State amphibian.
The Red Hills Salamander, Phaeognathus hubrichti Highton 1961, is hereby designated and named as the official state amphibian of Alabama.
(Act 2000-232, p. 367, §1.)
Section 1-2-35
Section 1-2-35 State fruit. THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER. THIS SECTION HAS NOT BEEN CODIFIED BY THE LEGISLATURE.
The Blackberry, Rubus, R. occidentalis, is hereby designated and named as the official fruit of Alabama.
(Act 2004-363, p. 592, §1.)
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