1874 Id. Sess. Laws 326, Offenses Against the Persons or Individuals, § 36.

Any person who shall engage in a duel with any deadly weapon, although no homicide ensue, or shall challenge another to fight such duel, or shall send or deliver any verbal or written message, purporting or intending to be such challenge, although no duel ensue, shall be punished by imprisonment in the Territorial prison not less than two nor more than ten years, and shall be incapable of voting or holding any office of trust or profit under the laws of this Territory.