§ 35-6 City Flag.
Current through 2026-07-17. Source: City of Balt., Md., Ord. 26-129. Published by the Baltimore City Department of Legislative Reference.
Balt., Md., Code art. 1, § 35-6 (2026)
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The following described design, recommended by the aforesaid legally authorized “Flag Commission” <em>{cf. Ord. 14-507 and Preamble to Ord. 14-565}</em>, is hereby approved and established as the official “Flag of Baltimore City”:
(1)
The Flag shall be of the Lord Baltimore colors, to wit, black and gold, heraldically arranged as in his armorial bearings, that is to say, paly of 6 pieces, or, and Sable, a bend counterchanged; and superimposed thereon, as an augmentation of honor, a shield, sable, bordered, or, charged with the Battle Monument argent, in memory of the Defenders of Baltimore during the War of 1812-14.
(2)
The said Flag in dimensions, shall be 9 feet long by 6 feet deep (or of the proportions of 3 to 2), the superimposed shield being 2 feet 6 inches wide by 3 feet and 3/8 of an inch from top to tip.
(3)
The said Flag in color and in heraldic layout shall be in accordance with design published in the <em>Municipal Journal</em> of December 18, 1914, and now on file in the office of the Department of Legislative Reference.
History: Ord. 14-565