Maine Revised Statutes
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
1 §201. State seal

§201. State seal
The seal of the State shall be a shield, argent, charged with a pine tree (Americana, quinis ex uno folliculo setis) with a moose deer (cervus alces), at the foot of it, recumbent; supporters: on dexter side, a husbandman, resting on a scythe; on sinister side, a seaman, resting on an anchor.  
In the foreground, representing sea and land, and under the shield, shall be the name of the State in large Roman capitals, to wit:
MAINE.
 
The whole shall be surrounded by a crest, the North Star. The motto, in small Roman capitals, shall be in a label interposed between the shield and crest, viz.:--DIRIGO.