Sentence:  Thus, in 1953, an individual named Paul Yana filed a complaint with the administration, claiming that in 1949 he had paid the Chef Supe/rieur of New Bell, Joseph Mongo, 15 000 francs, six bottles of Tuborg beer, three bottles of rum, one bottle of wine, and one sheep, in exchange for a promised <WSD>chiefery</WSD>, but that Mongo had not made the appointment. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The status or role of a chief; chieftainship.