Section 57. Offering or giving bribes prohibited  


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  • Every person who shall
      promise, offer or give, or cause, or aid,  or  abet  in  causing  to  be
      promised, offered or given, or furnish, or agree to furnish, in whole or
      in  part,  to  the  president  or to any councilor, peacemaker, or other
      officer of the Seneca nation of Indians,  any  money,  goods,  right  in
      action,  or  other  property  or any thing of value, or any pecuniary or
      other individual advantage,  present  or  prospective,  with  intent  to
      influence  his  vote,  opinions,  judgment or action, upon any question,
      matter, cause or proceeding which may be  pending,  or  may  be  brought
      before  him  in  his  official capacity, shall, upon such conviction, be
      imprisoned in the state prison not exceeding five  years,  or  shall  be
      fined  not exceeding one thousand dollars, or both, in the discretion of
      the court.