The Town of Bethany shall adopt the following described device
as the Corporate Seal of the Town of Bethany, County of New Haven,
State of Connecticut. The device shall be a perfect circle within
which shall appear another circle. The inner circle shall be a circle
of rope. In the upper aspects of the Seal shall appear the words "TOWN
. OF . BETHANY CONNECTICUT" in two curved lines of print bordering
the inner aspect of the rope circle. On the bottom of the seal also
bordering the inner aspect of the rope circle shall appear the words
"INCORPORATED . 1832." The aforementioned words shall form the top
and bottom portion of a third inner circle, the sides of which shall
be made of a string of five inverted oak leaves on each side. Within
the third innermost circle, there shall be a roadway bisecting the
Seal from front to rear. On the right of center shall be the Christ
Episcopal Church, and to the left of center shall be the First Church
of Christ Congregational and carriage shed. There shall be trees surrounding
the churches. The Seal shall be blue on a white background, which
colors shall hereinafter be the official colors of the Seal of the
Town of Bethany.
The following design is hereby adopted as the official and standard
design of such Corporate Seal:
The Town Clerk shall cause the design of such Seal to be engraved
upon metal as the Seal of the Town and shall affix the same, as necessary;
and shall also provide the Seal for all other officers of the Town
who are required or authorized to have or use the Corporate Seal of
the Town.
[Added 12-7-1992 STM]
In January 1989, the Town received notice of copyright registration
of the Town Seal, effective July 11, 1988, from the United States
Copyright Registration Office.