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State Mottos
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Idaho Motto
"Esto Perpetua"
(Let it be Perpetual)
Adopted on March 14, 1891.
Language: Latin
"Esto Perpetua" has been translated as: "Let it be Perpetual"
Idaho has never adopted an official state motto. Instead, the motto Esto Perpetua was accepted as an element
of the adopted state seal.
This motto is attributed to venetian theologian and mathematician Pietro Sarpi (1552-1623) who, in 1623, applied it to the Republic of Venice. "Esto Perpetua", meaning (Mayest thou endure forever!), is, according to W. Francis H. King in his Classical and Foreign Quotations (J. Whitacker and Sons, Ltd., London, 1904, p. 90), supposed dying apostrophe of Pietro Sarpi (Fra Paolo) in speaking of his beloved Venice. This motto was chosen by the Grange in 1867 and by the state of Idaho in 1891.
STATE SEAL
Idaho Session Laws, 1890 1891, pages 215 216.
AN ACT PROVIDING A GREAT SEAL FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO.
WHEREAS in compliance with a concurrent resolution adopted by the legislature, a joint committee of both houses has devised and recommended a great seal for the State of Idaho, and submitted the same to the legislature for its approval. Therefore,
Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
Section 1. That the design drawn and executed by Miss Emma Edwards, of Boise City, and reported and recommended by the select joint committee to devise a great seal for the State with the Latin motto "Esto Perpetua," be adopted, and is hereby made the great seal of the State of Idaho.
Approved March 14, 1891.
Idaho Statutes, Title 59, Chapter 10, Section 59-1005.
TITLE 59 PUBLIC OFFICERS IN GENERAL
CHAPTER 10 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 59-1005 GREAT SEAL OF STATE
59-1005. GREAT SEAL OF STATE. The design drawn and executed by Miss Emma Edwards, of Boise City,
and reported and recommended by the select joint committee to devise a great seal for the state, with
the Latin motto "Esto Perpetua," is adopted, and is hereby made the great seal of the state of Idaho.
The painting shall serve as the model as to color and form for the center of the seal. The five-pointed
star in the painting shall be within a border encircling the painting. Within the border shall be the
words: Great Seal of the state of Idaho. The secretary of state, with the approval of the state board of
examiners, shall have designed the appropriate encircling border and wording as herein set forth and
shall have the same superimposed on a fully colored reproduction of the painting. This, when completed,
shall be designated as the "Official Copy" of the great seal of the state of Idaho and shall be
maintained in the office of the secretary of state
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Mottos of the States
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State motto is a word, phrase, or sentence inscribed on or
attached to a coin, building, or other object. A state motto expresses an important idea for a group
of people within the state.
motto (ˈmä-(ˌ)tō)
n.
Etymology:
Italian, from Late Latin muttum grunt, from Latin muttire to mutter
Date: 15th century
1: a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative
of its character or use
2: a short expression of a guiding principle |
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