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§151
Title 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 9: SEAL, MOTTO, EMBLEMS AND FLAGS
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§202

§201. State seal

The seal of the State is a shield, argent, charged with a pine tree (Pinus strobus) with a moose deer (Alces alces), at the foot of it, recumbent; supporters: on dexter side, a farmer, resting on a scythe; on sinister side, a sailor, resting on an anchor.   [RR 2023, c. 1, Pt. C, §10 (COR).]
In the foreground, representing sea and land, and under the shield, is the name of the State in large Roman capitals, to wit:
MAINE.
  [RR 2023, c. 1, Pt. C, §10 (COR).]
The whole is surrounded by a crest, the North Star. The motto, in small Roman capitals, is in a label interposed between the shield and crest, viz.:--DIRIGO.   [RR 2023, c. 1, Pt. C, §10 (COR).]
SECTION HISTORY
RR 2023, c. 1, Pt. C, §10 (COR).
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