[HISTORY: Adopted 6-7-1993 ATM, Art. 5. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
The following shall be the device of the Corporate Seal of the Town
of Rockland, Massachusetts.
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The representation within the circle of the Coat of Arms of the Hatherly
Family, with the abbreviation "Mass." just above it, resting upon a large
rock, protruding from some bushes, bearing the inscription "Hatherly Grant
1656," symbolic of the fact that the greater part of the land which now comprises
the Town of Rockland was originally a grant of land from the King of England
to one Timothy Hatherly and the rocky nature of the land which suggested the
name for the Town. Around the upper outside rim of the circle the words "Town
of Rockland, Inc. A.D. 1874" and beneath the lower outside rim
the words "Abington 1712," to signify that Rockland, once part of the Town
of Abington, which was incorporated in 1712, became the incorporated Town
of Rockland in the year 1874. The seal to be circular in shape with a diameter
of about 1Â 5/8 inches.
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