[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Westbrook 4-2-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-23 as § 2-1 of the 2007 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
STATE LAW REFERENCES
Municipal authority to adopt a seal — 30-A M.R.S.A.
§ 2002.
The seal of the City, which was adopted on June 4, 1891, by
vote of the City government, is described as follows:
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In the center of the seal is a facsimile of the vessel in which
Colonel Thomas Westbrook, for whom the City was named, came to Falmouth,
bearing the king's commission to select masts for the Royal Navy.
Surmounting this is the crest of the Westbrook Family, a mailed knee
and foot. Around the seal are the words "City of Westbrook," and the
date 1814, date of incorporation of the town, and 1891, date of incorporation
of the City.
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