Greater Indianapolis ;the history, the industries, the institutions, and the people of a city of homes . actual use, for on May 1 I the commission-ers adopted another described thus: The County Seal, Indiana around the out-side, with a pair of scales in the centre emblem-atical of justice, under which is a |)loiigli anilsheaf (d wheat in representation of agricul-lure. This seal was continued in use untilDec. 8, 1811, when the commissioners adoptedthe one now in use, described as follows: Onthe margin of the eirch the woids ?Commis-sioners Seal of Marion County and inside ofthis m
Greater Indianapolis ;the history, the industries, the institutions, and the people of a city of homes . actual use, for on May 1 I the commission-ers adopted another described thus: The County Seal, Indiana around the out-side, with a pair of scales in the centre emblem-atical of justice, under which is a |)loiigli anilsheaf (d wheat in representation of agricul-lure. This seal was continued in use untilDec. 8, 1811, when the commissioners adoptedthe one now in use, described as follows: Onthe margin of the eirch the woids ?Commis-sioners Seal of Marion County and inside ofthis marginal engraving the engraving of of fruit and likewise the representation(d a Berkshire pig. Iradition ascribes to the intluence (d John , who was llien county doubthss ripresentid an advancing] senti-ment in farming, for Henry Ward Beecherand his allies were jusi then preaching fruitculture and the improvement in stock in In-diaiia])olis, and llie l!erk-liii-e pig deliniMled, •Pifvord. p. l!i;. •Record, p. Kii. 53 MISTOKV OF (iltHAIKli 13o <z < QZ c a. CO Z HISTOEY OF GKEATEl!. I M )1 AX APOLIS. 53 was a maniicst iinprovenient on the razor-back, which had hekl exclusive possession inthis region, both in quality and in September 27, 1832, the Circuit Courtadopted the same seal as tlie commissioners—the scales, sheaf and plough—but at a later datethe sheaf and plough were dropped, and the sealnow appears with the scales only. When thecourt adopted the seal it also entered an orderto ratify, confirm and approve all legal \isesof the same by tiie Clerk since the organizationof this county of JIarion, as the seal of thiscourt. Inasmuch as the clerk originally pro-cured ibe seal for the commissioners, undertheir direction to get a differing one, it is ob-vious tluit the responsibility for the first sealdevolves on James .M. Eay. Following the adoption of the seal came tworigulations of rates that
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