Legal Enactment
The seal has been adopted by successive Rhode Island government authorities since 1644. The current (2009) General Laws enactment asserts:
§ 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".
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