Section 58. Acceptance of bribes prohibited  


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  • Every officer enumerated in
      the last section, who shall accept any such gift, thing of value or  any
      promise  to  make  the same, under any agreement that his vote, opinion,
      judgment or action, shall be influenced thereby, or shall  be  given  in
      any  particular  manner,  or  upon  any particular side of any question,
      matter, cause or proceeding then pending, or which may be brought before
      him in  his  official  capacity,  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  forever
      disqualified  from  holding  any  office, trust or appointment under the
      constitution or laws of the Seneca nation of Indians, and shall  forfeit
      his  office and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not
      exceeding one year, or by fine not exceeding  two  hundred  dollars,  or
      both, in the discretion of the court.