§ 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 […]
§ 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 […]
