47 – Record of Peacemakers.
§ 47. Record of peacemakers. The peacemakers of each reservation shall be furnished by the council of the nation, with a record book, in which they shall cause an entry to be made by the clerk, of all matters heard and determined by them. Each such entry shall state the names of the parties to […]
48 – Costs and Fees.
§ 48. Costs and fees. The fees of surrogates, peacemakers and marshals shall be fixed and determined by the council. In every controversy before the peacemakers they shall award the costs to be paid by the party against whom their determination shall be made; the costs allowed shall be ascertained and specified by them in […]
28 – Keeping or Pasturing of Cattle; Damages; Penalty.
§ 28. Keeping or pasturing of cattle; damages; penalty. Any person who keeps, pastures, has in his possession, or under his control, any horses, cattle, or other animals, on lands contained in the Onondaga Indian reservation, unless the same are kept, pastured, or possessed, as provided in section twenty-four of this article, shall be guilty […]
40 – Use of Terms.
§ 40. Use of terms. In this chapter the Seneca Indians residing on the Allegany and Cattaraugus reservations are designated the Seneca nation, and the Seneca Indians residing on the Tonawanda reservation are designated the Tonawanda nation. For the purposes of voting and holding office, the Seneca Indians residing on the Corn-planter reservation in the […]
41 – Enumeration of Officers.
§ 41. Enumeration of officers. The government of the Seneca nation by chiefs is abolished. Each nation shall have as officers a clerk and a treasurer. The Tonawanda nation shall have a marshal and three peacemakers. The Seneca nation shall have a marshal, three peacemakers, and eight councilors for each of its reservations, and a […]
42 – Time and Place of Annual Election.
§ 42. Time and place of annual election. There shall be a biennial election in the Seneca nation on the first Tuesday of November in each even numbered year. The voters residing on the Allegany reservation shall on each election day assemble at the council-house near Coldspring, and the voters residing on the Cattaraugus reservation […]
43 – Qualifications of Voters and Eligibility to Office.
§ 43. Qualifications of voters and eligibility to office. Every male Seneca Indian of full age residing on the Allegany, Cattaraugus or Tonawanda reservations, whose name shall appear on the last preceding census taken for the purpose of distributing the annuities due to the said Indians, shall be a qualified voter at all elections or […]
20 – Appointment, Term of Office and Qualifications of the Agent of the Onondaga Indians.
§ 20. Appointment, term of office and qualifications of the agent of the Onondaga Indians. The offices of agent of the Onondaga Indians residing on the Onondaga reservation, and of agent of the Onondaga Indians residing on the Allegany, Cattaraugus, Tuscarora and Tonawanda reservations, are combined effective July one, nineteen hundred sixty-one, and commencing on […]
21 – Duties of Agent.
§ 21. Duties of agent. Such agent shall annually, on or before the first Monday of June, prepare and transmit to the department of social welfare a correct enumeration of such of the Indians of whom he is agent, as are entitled to receive annuity moneys from the state. The department of social welfare shall, […]
22 – Cutting and Removing Timber.
§ 22. Cutting and removing timber. No person other than an Onondaga Indian shall cut or remove from the Onondaga reservation any tree, timber, wood, bark or poles; and no Indian shall cut any tree, timber, wood, bark or poles for the purpose of sale or removal from such reservation, nor shall sell, remove, cause […]