House Bill NO. 524

By Senator(s) Hewes

AMEND by striking lines 119-136 and substituting in lieu thereof the following:

3-3-16. The official flag of the State of Mississippi shall have the following design: with width two-thirds (2/3) of its length; with the union (canton) to be square, in width two-thirds (2/3) of the width of the flag; the ground of the union to be old glory blue, and emblazoned with one (1) large white five-pointed star pointed upward; the field to be white, bordered with red on the fly side; centered upon the field to be the design of a large green magnolia tree in full bloom; this being the official flag of the State of Mississippi prior to the flag adopted by the Mississippi Legislature in the 1894 Special Session.