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”: 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. 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. 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. City Code, 1927, art. 1, §90 1950, art. 1, §28 1966, art. 1, §57 1976/83, art. 1, §52 Ord. 14-565