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Passed the Senate June 3, 1953

Senate Bill No. 1014

Secretary of the Senate

Passed the Assembly June 2, 1953

Chief Clerk of the Assembly

This bill was received by the Governor this

day of oe 1953, Bho Be o'clock____M.

Private Secretary of the Governor

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CHAPTER.

An act to amend Sections 420 and 422 of, and to add Section

425 to, the Government Code, relating to the State Emblems.

The people of the State of Califorma do enact as follows:

Suction 1. Section 420 of the Government Code is amended

to read: a : a :

_ 420. The Bear Flag is the State Flag of California. As

viewed with the hoist end of the flag to the left of the observer

there appears in the upper left-hand corner of a white field a

five-pointed red star with one point vertically upwa d and in

the middle of the white field a brown grizzly bear walking

toward the left with all four paws on a green grass plot, with

head and eye turned slightly toward the observer ; a red stripe -

forms the length of the flag at the bottom, and between the grass

plot and the red stripe appear, the words CALIFORNIA

REPUBLIC. ey CC a bata eG A

Dimensions, excluding heading and unfinished flag ends: The

hoist or flag width is two-thirds of the fly or flag length ; the red

stripe width is one-sixth of the hoist width. The state official flag

hoist widths shall be two, three, four, five, six and eight feet.

The diameter of an imaginary circle passing through the points

of the star is one-tenth of the fly length; the distance of the star_

center from the hoist end is one-sixth of the fly length and,the |

_ distance from the star center tothe top of the flag is four-fifths

of the star-center distance from the hoist end. The length of the

bear diagonally from the nose tip to the rear of right hind paw

is two-thirds of the hoist width; the height of the bear from.

shoulder tip vertically to a line touching the bottoms of the

front paws is one-half the length of the bear; the location of

the bear in the white field is such that the center of the eye is

midway between the top and bottom of the white field and the

midpoint of the bear's length is midway between the fly ends. -

The grass plot in length is eleven-twelfths of the hoist width

and the plot ends are equidistant from the fly ends; the average

- width of the plot between the rear of the left front paw and the

front of the right rear paw is one-tenth of the grass plot length.

The height of the condensed gothic letters, as shown on the

representation, is one-half of the red stripe width and they

occupy a lineal space of two-thirds of the fly length with the

beginning and ending letters of the words equidistant from the

Gy ends: f : 3 :

- Colors: The following color references are those of the Tex-

tile Color Card Association of the United States, Inc., New

Ca

York; the colors on the flag are to be substantially the same

(as these color references. White-of the white field, front of

_ bear's eye, and on the bear's claws is White, cable number - 0x00B0

70001. Red-of the red stripe, the star, and the bear's tongue

is Old Glory, cable number 70180. Green-of the grass plot is

Irish Green, cable number 70168. Brown-of the bear is Maple

Sugar, cable number 70129. Dark brown-of the bear outline,

paws, Shading, fur undulations, iris of the eye, the 12 grass

tufts in the grass plot, and the letters is Seal, cable ae!

70108.

ing colors, shall correspond substantially with Lay following

, representation:

CALIFORNIA REPUBLIC

This shall be the official State Flag of all state, Te city

and town agencies. The flags now issued or in use shall continue

in service until replacement is required,

Seo. 2. Section 422 of the Government Code i is amended to

read:

422. The California redwood (Sequoia sempervirens, ae :

- quoia gigantea) is the official state tree.

Sec. 3. Section 425 is added to said code, to read: ~

425. The state animal is the California Grizzly Bear (Ursus

Californicus) as depicted in outline, details, and in colors on -

the official representation in the custody of the Secretary of

State. The color references of the bear shall be in accordance

with those set os in Section 420.

The general desion and the details of the Bear Flag, exclud-

All state representations of the state animal in details and in

colors shall be in accordance with this section and shall corre-

spond substantially with the following representation thereof :

President of the Senate

Speaker of the Assembly

Approved , 19538

Governor