The city shall have, and does hereby adopt, an official seal, which is described as follows: A die, two inches in diameter, having an outer circle border one and seven-eighths inches in diameter from outside to outside, and three thirty-seconds of an inch in width. On the surface of the die, within the outer circle and at equal distance from the outer circle, there shall be an inner circle one and one-half inches in diameter. Within the outer circle, there shall be engraved the words "City of Santa Fe Springs, California," which words shall be engraved along the top half of the inner circle. The letters of such words shall be one-eighth of an inch in height. Within the bottom half of the outer circle shall be engraved the words, "Salus Populi Suprema Lex Exto," the letters of which shall be one-sixteenth of an inch in height. Between the phrase, "City of Santa Fe Springs, California," and the phrase, "Salus Populi Suprema Lex Exto," there shall be two groups of five dots, each of which shall be one sixty-fourth of an inch in diameter. Within the center of the inner circle, there shall be engraved the design of a shield, which shall be seven-eighths of an inch in width and one and one-eighteenths of an inch in length, the sides of which shall be parallel to the opposite side. The left and right top edges of the shield shall contain two points which shall extend beyond the left and right side lines of the shield, which points shall be one-eighth of an inch in length and one-sixteenth of an inch in width at their widest point. The angle of the bottom of the points where they project beyond the side edges of the shield shall be forty-five degrees. The bottom edge of the shield shall be rounded, which rounded edges shall have a radius of one thirty-second of an inch. The middle of the bottom edge of the shield shall contain a concave point which shall point to the line of the inner circle, the point being one-sixteenth of an inch long, and the widest part where it joins the main part of the shield shall also be one-sixteenth of an inch. To the left and to the right of the shield, between the sides thereof and the edge of the inner circle, there shall be engraved a branch of an olive tree, the stem of the branches being three-fourths of an inch long and curving parallel with the inner curve of the circle. Each branch shall contain fifteen leaves, which shall be one-sixteenth of an inch long and one thirty-second of an inch wide at the widest part thereof. Placed on top of the shield and in the middle thereof, engraved between the top line of the shield and the line of the inner circle, shall be a replica of the form of the American Eagle as the same appears on the shield of the United States of America, clutching in its claws, arrows and an olive branch. The shield shall be divided into six parts, each of, which shall be seven-sixteenths of an inch long and six-sixteenths of an inch wide. Within the rectangular division to the top and to the left of the shield shall be engraved the form of an academic cap, an open book, a quill pen and a scroll; within the division below it, shall be engraved a bell in the form of that used to mark the path of the El Camino Real; and in the division below that, shall be a replica of the Scales of Justice. Within the rectangular division to the top and to the right of the shield, shall be engraved the form of four oil well derricks; within the division below it, shall be engraved the form of an industrial building; and in the last division, shall be engraved the form of an open Bible, with a Cross placed upon the open pages. Within the inner circle shall be engraved lines which shall radiate from the center of the seal, but shall not be engraved over any other design within the seal, which lines, when they touch the edge of the inner circle, shall be one-sixteenth of an inch apart from each other. Directly below the shield, the year of incorporation, 1957, shall be inscribed.
('64 Code, § 1-21) (Ord. 53, passed - - )