Fort Wayne, Indiana (U.S.)

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From: http://www.fwi.com/cofw/city_council/city_code/fwcct1c11.html

TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 11: CITY STANDARDS
Section General Provisions
11.01 Corporate seal
11.02 City flag

§ 11.01 CORPORATE SEAL.
(A)The seal of the city is a representation of Mercury's Wand, entwined with two serpents on the right, a sword on the left and a pair of scales on the top with the word "Ke-ki-on-ga" with the inscription "City of Fort Wayne, Indiana," around the outer edge. The seal's inside circle shall be white, the outside circle shall be blue and the remainder, gold.
(B)A facsimile of such seal is reproduced below:

[Insert seal art here]

('74 Code, § 1-10) (Am. Ord. G-95-72, passed - -72)

§ 11.02 CITY FLAG.
The official flag of the city shall be of the following design and proportion:

1. The field shall be blue, in the center of which shall be superimposed a white, circular center.
   
2. From the outer circumference of the white center three white bands shall extend: a horizontal band from the circumference of the white center to the middle of the hoist end of the blue field, a diagonal band from the circumference of the white center of the lower free corner of the blue field. The position of the inner edges of the two diagonal white bands shall coincide with the corner diagonals of the blue field from the circumference of the white center to the corner of the free end of the blue field, upper and lower, respectively.
   
3. Superimposed upon the white center and contained within its circumference shall be a red block-fort silhouette. Superimposed upon the lower blue hoist field shall be a red fleur-de-lis silhouette. Superimposed upon the free-end bl