120 – Election of Trustees.
§ 120. Election of trustees. The adult male members belonging to the Shinnecock tribe of Indians in Suffolk county, who for the preceding six months shall have resided on the reservation of said tribe, may meet on the first Tuesday in April in each year, at the place of holding town meetings in the town […]
121 – Powers of Trustees.
§ 121. Powers of trustees. Such trustees may allot the tribal lands to the individuals or families thereof; may direct on what part of such lands firewood and timber may be cut by such tribe; and, with the consent of three justices of the peace residing in or near the town of Southampton, may lease […]
107 – General Powers of Council.
§ 107. General powers of council. The council of the Saint Regis nation may pass by-laws and ordinances not inconsistent with law, for the protection and improvement of the common land of the nation, for the regulation of fences and for the prevention of trespasses by cattle and other domestic animals, and may provide a […]
108 – Qualifications of Voters.
§ 108. Qualifications of voters. All Indians of the Saint Regis tribe, who are eighteen years of age or upwards, who reside on the American side of the line dividing the United States from Canada, and who are entitled to draw the yearly annuity money, shall be entitled to vote for the chiefs or headmen, […]
109 – Officers of Tribes.
§ 109. Officers of tribes. The chiefs or headmen, the subchiefs and clerk of the Saint Regis tribe in office when this section takes effect shall continue in office until the expiration of the terms for which they were elected. Their successors shall be elected in the manner provided for by this article, and shall […]
110 – Election of Officers.
§ 110. Election of officers. The election of the Saint Regis tribe of Indians shall be held annually on the first Saturday in June. At each election there shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the qualified voters of such tribe, one chief and one subchief thereto, each of whom shall […]
111 – Conduct of Elections.
§ 111. Conduct of elections. The clerk of the tribe shall provide a sufficient number of ballot-boxes so that there shall be a separate ballot-box for each officer to be elected, the expense for which shall be paid from the moneys due to the tribe from the state. The county attorney or the sheriff of […]
96 – Consent of Chiefs to Sales of Timber.
§ 96. Consent of chiefs to sales of timber. Any Indian having tribal lands allotted to him by the chiefs, with the consent of such chiefs entered in the clerk’s book, may sell for his own benefit any timber or trees on that portion of such lands which he shall actually and in good faith […]
97 – Indian Trespassers.
§ 97. Indian trespassers. Any Indian who shall cut or destroy timber or trees on any of the timbered lands of such nation, or without the consent of such chiefs, shall be liable to a penalty of twice the value of the timber so cut down or destroyed, recoverable by such chiefs, in the name […]
98 – Illegal Sales of Timber and Trees.
§ 98. Illegal sales of timber and trees. Every sale or disposition without the consent of such chiefs, by any individual Indian or Indians, of any tree or timber on any of the tribal lands, or of any manufacture therefrom, shall be void. The chiefs may sell for the benefit of the nation any timber […]