100 – Payment of Annuity.
§ 100. Payment of annuity. The department of social welfare shall annually pay to the clerk of the Saint Regis tribe out of moneys appropriated therefor by the legislature, any amount due to such tribe pursuant to the terms of existing agreements between the state and such Indians. Before receiving any such money, such clerk […]
101 – The Clerk.
§ 101. The clerk. 1. The clerk of the tribe shall receive all moneys belonging to such tribe, including moneys due from the state and due on any tribal lands leased by the tribe for its benefit. He shall pay out moneys only upon the warrant of a majority of the chiefs of the tribe, […]
102 – Allotment of Lands.
§ 102. Allotment of lands. The chiefs or headmen of the Saint Regis nation of Indians in the county of Franklin, in council, shall allot and set apart for any Indian or Indian family making application and not possessing land, so much of the tribal lands as they shall deem reasonable and just, and no […]
103 – Consent of Chiefs to Sale of Timber.
§ 103. Consent of chiefs to sale of timber. Any Indian having tribal lands allotted to him by the chiefs, if the consent of such chiefs is 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 […]
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 […]
88 – Encroachment by Indians on Occupied Lands.
§ 88. Encroachment by Indians on occupied lands. Whenever complaint shall be made to the peacemakers of the Tonawanda reservation, by any Indians lawfully residing upon any cultivated lands of such reservation which shall have been entered and described in the clerk’s books of records, that an encroachment is being made by other Indians on […]
89 – Court of Impeachment.
§ 89. Court of impeachment. The court of impeachment, as provided by the constitution of the Seneca nation, shall be called together by the clerk of the nation, upon a written petition, presented to him, signed by at least twenty electors of said nation.
90 – Poles and Wires on Reservation.
§ 90. Poles and wires on reservation. Any company may erect poles and wires, and other necessary fixtures thereto, across the lands of the Seneca Indians on the Tonawanda reservation, provided the company shall pay to the Indians to whom allotments have been made, and on whose premises telephone or telegraph poles for the purpose […]