Executive Orders

Executive Order 10581--Approving a seal for the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

Source: The provisions of Executive Order 10581 of Dec. 10, 1954, appear at 19 FR 8553, 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 230, unless otherwise noted.

WHEREAS the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, created by the act of May 13, 1954, 68 Stat. 92, has, under authority of the said act, caused to be made and has adopted a corporate seal; and

WHEREAS the Administrator of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation has recommended that I approve such seal, the design of which accompanies and is hereby made a part of this order, and which is described in heraldic terms as follows:
On a sea green disk, Neptune's spear palewise in white, between an American bald eagle displayed and a Canadian maple leaf all gold, partially encircled by the inscription "SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION" and in an inner arc the words "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" in white letters.

AND WHEREAS it appears that such seal is of suitable design and appropriate for use as the corporate seal of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, an agency of the United States of America:

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, I hereby approve such seal as the corporate seal of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.

Editorial note: An illustration of the seal, which was attached to and made a part of Executive Order 10581, is printed in 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 230.