[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Springfield as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-10-1975 by Ord. No. 648]
The attached drawing of the new seal shall become part of this article, and its significant features are meant to be representative of the following:
A. 
The oak tree in the background represents the three-hundred-year-old Penn Oak Tree situate on East Mill Road, Flourtown, which is in the process of being felled on the date this chapter is enacted.
B. 
The shield superimposed on the Penn Oak Tree is the shield of the Penn family.
C. 
Within the upper half of the shield is a hand representative of William Penn "treating" with the Indians from whom he "bought" his land.
D. 
On the lower left of the shield is a sheaf of wheat representing the early farming and milling industries.
E. 
On the lower right of the shield the shovel and pick represent the early lime and iron-ore quarrying.
F. 
The date, 1681, is when the "Manor of Springfield" was created.
G. 
The rays of the sun in the background of the shield project a bright future for the Township.
The proper officers of the Township are hereby authorized to have this Official Township Seal reproduced in such a fashion as to render it capable of affixment to official documents of the Township.
The Official Township Seal shall be maintained in the custody of the Township Secretary, who shall affix this seal to all duly executed documents of the Township.
[Upon recommendation of the Shade Tree Commission, the Board of Commissioners voted, at the meeting of April 14, 2004, to designate the White Oak (Quercus alba) as the official Township tree]