New Mexico Statutes
Article 3 - State Seal, Song and Symbols
Section 12-3-1 - [State seal; design.]

The coat of arms of the state shall be the Mexican eagle grasping a serpent in its beak, the cactus in its talons, shielded by the American eagle with outspread wings, and grasping arrows in its talons; the date 1912 under the eagles and, on a scroll, the motto: "Crescit Eundo." The great seal of the state shall be a disc bearing the coat of arms and having around the edge the words "Great Seal of the State of New Mexico."
History: Laws 1887, ch. 70, § 1; C.L. 1897, § 3798; Code 1915, § 5422; C.S. 1929, § 135-101; 1941 Comp., § 3-1301; 1953 Comp., § 4-14-1.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Compiler's notes. — The seal below has not been amended or altered in any way.

The seal as described above was apparently selected by the commission named to provide a state seal according to Joint Resolution No. 11, March 13, 1913 (Laws 1913, p. 172). See also N.M. Const., art. XXII, § 9, providing for continuance of territorial seal until changed.
Use by anyone other than state prohibited. — Use of the great seal of the state by anyone other than by the state of New Mexico, for any purpose, is not permitted. 1952 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 52-5569.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 81A C.J.S. States § 39.

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