From COLLECTIONS OF THE Georgia Historical Society, Vol. VII. The Governor of the State is hereby authorized to permit the Oglethorpe Monument Association to be associated in the work herein provided for, and to augment this appropriation by such additional amount as said Oglethorpe Monument Association may desire to contribute; provided that the same shall be not less than $5,000 and that said memorial or monument, shall have upon it, either inscribed or raised, or by tablet, the words: • "Erected by the State of Georgia to the memory of its founder, the great soldier, eminent statesman and celebrated philanthropist, General James Oglethorpe, who in this City on the 12th day of February A. D. 1733, established the Colony of Georgia." • Resolved further, by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this resolution be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved August 20th, 1906. This Act was amended by a later Act approved July 20th, 1909. This amending Act changed the wording of the inscription to be placed on the monument and provided that it should read as follows: "Erected by the State of Georgia, the City of Savannah and the patriotic societies of the State to the memory of the great soldier, eminent statesman and famous philanthropist, General James Edward Oglethorpe, who in this City on the 12th day of February A. D. 1733 founded and established the Colony of Georgia." 1733 Colonial Seal of Georgia. 1910 Present Seal of Georgia.