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 […]
112 – Canvass of Votes.
§ 112. Canvass of votes. Upon the closing of the polls at such election, such county attorney or sheriff and such council members not then candidates for election shall count the votes cast thereat and publicly declare the result of such election, specifying the number of votes cast for each person at such election, and […]
113 – Vacancies.
§ 113. Vacancies. If a vacancy shall occur for any reason in the office of chief or headman, subchief or clerk of such tribe, the chiefs or headmen shall appoint a person to fill such vacancy, who shall hold office until the next succeeding annual election, at which a person shall be elected to such […]
114 – St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Police.
§ 114. St. Regis Mohawk tribal police. 1. By notifying the superintendent of state police, the St. Regis Mohawk tribal council may establish a St. Regis Mohawk Tribe police department employing police officers appointed in accordance with this section. a. At the time of the establishment of the tribal police department, and together with each […]
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 […]
104 – Indian Trespassers.
§ 104. 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 […]
105 – Illegal Sales of Timber, Trees and Stone.
§ 105. Illegal sales of timber, trees and stone. Every sale or disposition without the consent of such chiefs, by any individual Indian or Indians, of any tree, timber or stone on any of the tribal lands, or of any manufacture therefrom, shall be void. The chiefs may sell for the benefit of the tribe […]
106 – Jurisdiction of Council to Determine Disputes.
§ 106. Jurisdiction of council to determine disputes. The chiefs of such tribe in council assembled may hear and determine charges of encroachment or trespass on lands cultivated or occupied by any Indian, entered or described in the clerk’s book of records; and controversies involving the title to property between individual Indians residing on such […]