[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township
of Lower Moreland 11-14-1966 by Res. No. 66-29. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
The Board of Commissioners of Lower Moreland Township adopted
a Township Seal, as pictured and described below.
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A.Â
The
Arms of the Township is enclosed by a circular band of blue bearing
the words "Lower Moreland Township * Pennsylvania *" in gold and the
entire Seal bound by a gold rope.
B.Â
Upon
a silver medallion is a shield of gold divided per fesse, with the
chief containing a landscape of three trees, evergreen, oak and poplar,
in green; and the lower half and arms are of Nicholas More. The dexter
half is gold with three blue bars; the sinister is blue with a lion
rampant in gold.
C.Â
The
crest is an arms of William Penn with a date "1682" standing for Penn's
original land grant.
D.Â
The
date "1916," when the Township was formed, is positioned just below
the base of the shield and a motto ribbon bearing the words "A time
to every purpose."
E.Â
Adjuncts
to arms are running behind the shield from the upper sinister to the
lower dexter, two wavy bendlets of blue to indicate the Pennypack
Creek.
F.Â
On
the dexter, above the bendlets, is a gold dandy roll from an early
paper-making machine and above it is a gear wheel in silver indicating
the industrial significance.
G.Â
On
the sinister is a plow and shake fork natural to indicate the rural
nature of the community.
