PRINTER'S NO. 3944
No. 2636 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY READSHAW, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, DALEY, GIBBONS,
KORTZ, KULA, MARKOSEK, MARSHALL, MILNE, O'NEILL, PHILLIPS,
PYLE, RAMALEY, SAINATO, SCAVELLO, SWANGER, WAGNER, WALKO,
J. WHITE AND WOJNAROSKI, JUNE 13, 2008
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 13, 2008
AN ACT
1 Designating the Pennsylvania tartan as the official State tartan
2 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania tartan was designed by William H.
4 Johnston and honors the 42nd Royal Highland Regiment, "The Black
5 Watch," whose success at the battle of Bushy Run in 1763 assured
6 British rule in Western Pennsylvania; and
7 WHEREAS, This tartan incorporates the colors of the
8 Pennsylvania State flag.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Official State tartan.
12 The Pennsylvania tartan is hereby selected, designated and
13 adopted as the official State tartan of the Commonwealth of
14 Pennsylvania. The tartan shall have a pattern of repeating half
15 -sett of threads, pivots full, as follows: blue-60, gold-4,
16 blue-4, gold-4, blue-10, green-10, black-30, blue-10, green-40,
17 red-4, black-6, red-4, green-40, blue-10, black-30, green-10,
1 blue-40, gold-4, blue-4.
2 Section 2. Effective date.
3 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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