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Subse"}, {"t": "(2)", "p": "/us/nsn/lco/council/drafting-manual#2(b)(2)", "et": "para", "sc": "Section 2(b)(2)", "x": "Capitalize \"Tribal Governing Board\" and \"Tribe\" if referring to the Lac Cou"}, {"t": "(3)", "p": "/us/nsn/lco/council/drafting-manual#2(b)(3)", "et": "para", "sc": "Section 2(b)(3)", "x": "Titles of Federal, State, or County codes and agencies shall be capitalized"}, {"t": "(4)", "p": "/us/nsn/lco/council/drafting-manual#2(b)(4)", "et": "para", "sc": "Section 2(b)(4)", "x": "Commas shall be used to separate all items in a series: \"planes, trains, an"}, {"t": "(5)", "p": "/us/nsn/lco/council/drafting-manual#2(b)(5)", "et": "para", "sc": "Section 2(b)(5)", "x": "Numbers from 1-99 will be written out: two (2), ninety-nine (99). Numbers o"}, {"t": "(6)", "p": "/us/nsn/lco/council/drafting-manual#2(b)(6)", "et": "para", "sc": "Section 2(b)(6)", "x": "Time of day will be: 11:30 p.m., 12 Noon, 1:15 a.m."}, {"t": "(7)", "p": "/us/nsn/lco/council/drafting-manual#2(b)(7)", "et": "para", "sc": "Section 2(b)(7)", "x": "Abbreviations should be avoided, type \"square feet\" not \"sq. ft.\""}], "x": "Grammar, Punctuation, Capitalization."}, {"t": "(c)", "p": "/us/nsn/lco/council/drafting-manual#2(c)", "et": "para", "sc": "Section 2(c)", "c": [{"t": "(1)", "p": "/us/nsn/lco/council/drafting-manual#2(c)(1)", "et": "para", "sc": "Section 2(c)(1)", "c": [{"t": "(A)", "p": "/us/nsn/lco/council/drafting-manual#2(c)(1)(A)", "et": "para", "sc": "Section 2(c)(1)(A)", "x": "Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Code of Law:"}, {"t": "(B)", "p": "/us/nsn/lco/council/drafting-manual#2(c)(1)(B)", "et": "para", "sc": "Section 2(c)(1)(B)", "x": "Amended Constitution and Bylaws of the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribe of Lake Su"}, {"t": "(C)", "p": "/us/nsn/lco/council/drafting-manual#2(c)(1)(C)", "et": "para", "sc": "Section 2(c)(1)(C)", "x": "Tribal Governing Board Resolution:"}], "x": "The following may be used for Lac Courte Oreilles documents:"}], "x": "Citations."}, {"t": "(d)", "p": "/us/nsn/lco/council/drafting-manual#2(d)", "et": "para", "sc": "Section 2(d)", "c": [{"t": "(1)", "p": "/us/nsn/lco/council/drafting-manual#2(d)(1)", "et": "para", "sc": "Section 2(d)(1)", "x": "Only \"shall\" is enforceable. 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