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'Possum, Amphibian, Art Museum, Atlas, Ballet, Beef Barbeque, Championship Cook-off, Bird, Butterfly, Center for Character Education, Creed, Crop, Fish, Flag, Floral Emblem, Folk Dance, Folk Festival, Folk Life Play, Fossil, Frontier and Southeastern Indian Interpretive Center, Fruit, Game Bird, Gem, High School, Historical Drama, Insect, Language, Marine Mammal, Mineral, Motto, Musical Theatre, Nicknames, Peanut Monument, Poet Laureate, Pork Barbeque Championship Cook-off, Poultry Capital of the World, Prepared Foods, Railroad Museum, Reptile, Seal, Sea Shell, Song, Tartan, Theatre, Transportation History Museum, Tree, Vegetables, Waltz, Wild Flower

Georgia State Frontier and Southeastern Indian Interpretive Center

The Funk Heritage/Bennett Center

Reinhardt College, Waleska

Adopted in 2003

Georgia Code, Title 50, Chapter 3

50-3-80.

The Funk Heritage/Bennett Center at Reinhardt College in Waleska, Georgia, is designated as Georgia´s official Frontier and Southeastern Indian Interpretive Center.

03 LC 19 5775

House Bill 494
By: Representatives Hill of the 16^th, McBee of the 74^th, Rogers of the 15^th, Cummings of the 19^th, Skipper of the 116^th, and others

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state symbols, so as to designate the Funk Heritage/Bennett Center at Reinhardt College as Georgia´s official Frontier and Southeastern Indian Interpretive Center; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, the Funk Heritage/Bennett Center at Reinhardt College in Waleska, Georgia, is a museum and pioneer village interpreting the history and culture of the southeastern Native Americans, the first inhabitants of our colony and state who contributed immeasurably to the cultural, economic, and social development of Georgia; and

WHEREAS, the center interprets and exhibits paintings, sculpture, and other creative works of contemporary southeastern Indian art and includes a permanent collection of antique hand tools used in trades from rope making and shipbuilding to bookbinding; and

WHEREAS, the center offers educational programs, performances, and demonstrations that encourage the study of Native American history and culture and enhance public awareness and understanding of the valuable contributions of our native people; and

WHEREAS, the Funk Heritage/Bennett Center at Reinhardt College is truly an outstanding asset to the people of Georgia and the visiting public, and its mission should be properly recognized.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state symbols, is amended by adding at the end thereof a new Code Section 50-3-79 to read as follows:
"50-3-79.
The Funk Heritage/Bennett Center at Reinhardt College in Waleska, Georgia, is designated as Georgia´s official Frontier and Southeastern Indian Interpretive Center."

SECTION 2.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.

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symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun

Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together, compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century

1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.