An Act To Designate the Friendship Sloop as the Official State Maritime Symbol
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 1 MRSA §218-A is enacted to read:
§ 218-A. Official state maritime symbol
The Friendship sloop, a style of gaff-rigged sloop that originated as a working boat and fishing platform in Friendship, is the official state maritime symbol.
SUMMARY
This bill makes the Friendship sloop, a style of gaff-rigged sloop that originated as a working boat in Friendship, the official state maritime symbol.