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Idaho State FlagIdaho State Flag

 

Adopted on March 12, 1907.

 

A silk flag, with a blue field, 5 feet 6 inches fly, 4 feet 4 inches on pike is bordered by gilt fringe 2 1/2 inches wide, with the State Seal of Idaho in the center. The words "State of Idaho" are embroidered in gold block letters two inches high on a red band below the Great Seal. Adopted by the 1907 legislature.

 

 
Idaho Statutes 46-801.

STATE FLAG. A state flag for the state of Idaho is hereby adopted, the same to be as follows: A silk flag, blue field, five (5) feet six (6) inches fly, and four (4) feet four (4) inches on pike, bordered with gilt fringe two and one-half (2 1/2) inches in width, with state seal of Idaho twenty-one (21) inches in diameter, in colors, in the center of a blue field. The words "State of Idaho" are embroidered in with block letters, two (2) inches in height on a red band three (3) inches in width by twenty-nine (29) inches in length, the band being in gold and placed about eight and one-half (8 1/2) inches from the lower border of fringe and parallel with the same.

 

STATE FLAG
Idaho Session Laws, 1907, page 304.

AN ACT, TO PROVIDE A STATE FLAG FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO.

Be It Enacted By the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
Section 1. That a state flag for the State of Idaho be and the same is hereby adopted, the same to be as follows:
The state flag of the State of Idaho shall be blue, charged with the name of the State, in such colors and of such size and dimensions as shall be prescribed by the adjutant general of the State of Idaho.
Section 2. That said Adjutant General shall have general supervision over the form and construction of said flag.

Section 3. That the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00), out of the general fund of the State, not otherwise appropriated shall be and the same hereby is appropriated to defray the expenses of the same, said appropriation being subject to the order of the Adjutant General, and to be allowed and audited in the same manner as all other bills presented against the State.
Section 4. That all other acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.
Section 5. Whereas an emergency exists, therefor this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval.

Approved March 12, 1907.
 

 

 
 
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