Act of Feb. 28, 1821, ch. 2, § 7, ME. STAT. (J. Griffin 1821).
"CHAPTER II.
An Act providing for the punishment of the crimes of Murder, Manslaughter, felonious Maims and Assaults, and Duelling, and for the prevention thereof...
...Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That if any person shall voluntarily engage in a duel, with rapier, a small sword, back sword, pistol, or other dangerous weapon, to the hazard of life, when no homicide shall ensue thereon; and if any person shall, by word, message, or in any other manner, challenge another to fight in a duel, as aforesaid, when no duel shall be fought thereon, every such offender, and every person, who shall be knowingly a second, agent or abettor in such duel or challenge, upon due conviction of either of said offences in the Supreme Judicial Court, shall be punished, shall be disqualified from holding, and incapable of any office or place of honour, profit or trust under this State, during the term of twenty years from and after such conviction.”
Laws of the State of Maine; to Which are Prefixed the Constitution of the U. States and of Said State, in two Volumes, With and Appendix, vol. 1 (Brunswick, ME: J. Griffin, 1821), 55. Chapter 2—An Act Providing for the Punishment of the Crimes of Murder, Manslaughter, Felonious Maims and Assaults, and Duelling, and for the Prevention Thereof, § 7. Approved February 28, 1821.