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NY Indian L § 57 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 4 - The Seneca Indians 57 - Offering or Giving Bribes Prohibited.

§  57.  Offering  or giving bribes prohibited.  Every person who shall   promise, offer or give, or cause, or aid,  or  abet  in  causing  to  be   promised, offered or given, or furnish, or agree to furnish, in whole or   in  part,  to  the  president  or to any councilor, peacemaker, or other   officer of the Seneca nation of Indians,  any  money,  goods,  right  in   action,  or  other  property  or any thing of value, or any pecuniary or   other individual advantage,  present  or  prospective,  with  intent  to   influence  his  vote,  opinions,  judgment or action, upon any question,   matter, cause or proceeding which may be  pending,  or  may  be  brought   before  him  in  his  official capacity, shall, upon such conviction, be   imprisoned in the state prison not exceeding five  years,  or  shall  be   fined  not exceeding one thousand dollars, or both, in the discretion of   the court.
NY Indian L § 58 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 4 - The Seneca Indians 58 - Acceptance of Bribes Prohibited.

§  58.  Acceptance  of bribes prohibited.  Every officer enumerated in   the last section, who shall accept any such gift, thing of value or  any   promise  to  make  the same, under any agreement that his vote, opinion,   judgment or action, shall be influenced thereby, or shall  be  given  in   any  particular  manner,  or  upon  any particular side of any question,   matter, cause or proceeding then pending, or which may be brought before   him in  his  official  capacity,  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  forever   disqualified  from  holding  any  office, trust or appointment under the   constitution or laws of the Seneca nation of Indians, and shall  forfeit   his  office and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not   exceeding one year, or by fine not exceeding  two  hundred  dollars,  or   both, in the discretion of the court.
NY Indian L § 59 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 4 - The Seneca Indians 59 - Conveying Bribes Prohibited.

§  59.  Conveying bribes prohibited.  Every person who shall knowingly   bear or convey any such gift, gratuity or  proposal,  or  shall  in  any   manner  negotiate  between any other persons for any act in violation of   the provisions of the two preceding sections shall, upon conviction,  be   punished  in  like  manner  and  to  the  same  extent  as the principal   offender, respectively,  would  be  liable  to  be  punished  under  the   provisions of this article.
NY Indian L § 60 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 4 - The Seneca Indians 60 - Offenders Competent Witnesses; Witnesses' Immunity.

§  60.  Offenders  competent witnesses; witnesses' immunity.  1. Every   person offending against any of the provisions of  the  three  preceding   sections  shall  be  a  competent  witness  against  any other person so   offending, and may be compelled to appear and give evidence  before  any   magistrate  or  grand  jury  or in any court in the same manner as other   persons.2. In any criminal proceeding before any court or  grand  jury  for  a   violation  of any of the provisions of the three preceding sections, the   court  or  grand  jury  may  confer  immunity  in  accordance  with  the   provisions of section 50.20 or 190.40 of the criminal procedure law.
NY Indian L § 70 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 5 - The Seneca Indians on the Allegany and Cattaraugus Reservations 70 - Confirmation of Nationality.

§ 70. Confirmation of nationality.  The Seneca Indians residing on the   Allegany  and Cattaraugus reservations shall, subject to the limitations   provided by law, hold  and  possess  such  reservations  as  a  distinct   community.
NY Indian L § 72 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 5 - The Seneca Indians on the Allegany and Cattaraugus Reservations 72 - The President.

§ 72. The president.  The president of the Seneca nation shall preside   over the deliberations of the council and shall have only a casting vote   therein.  He  shall from time to time give to the council information of   the state of the nation, and recommend such measures as he  shall  judge   necessary and expedient; and shall take care that the laws applicable to   the  nation  be  faithfully executed. He shall have power to convene the   council in extra session as often as, in his judgment, the interests  of   the  nation  require,  and  to fill all vacancies that may occur therein   until such vacancy  be  filled  by  election.  In  the  absence  of  the   president,  the  council  shall  choose  from  among  their own number a   presiding officer, pro tempore.
NY Indian L § 73 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 5 - The Seneca Indians on the Allegany and Cattaraugus Reservations 73 - General Powers and Duties of the Council.

§  73.  General  powers  and duties of the council. The council of the   Seneca nation shall meet annually on the first Tuesday of December,  and   in extra session whenever called by the president. Ten of the councilors   shall  be  necessary  to  constitute  a  quorum  for  the transaction of   business. The council shall have power,1. To appropriate  the  moneys  of  the  nation  for  the  purpose  of   discharging  the  debts thereof, but all appropriations of public moneys   shall be by an affirmative vote  of  at  least  ten  of  the  councilors   elected.2.  To  fix  the salaries of all officers of the nation whose salaries   are not defined by law.3. To determine on the laying out and working of roads  and  highways,   and to make by-laws for the regulation of such work.4.  To 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, for the prevention of trespass of cattle and other   animals;  and  may  provide a penalty of not exceeding five dollars, for   the violation of any by-law or ordinances, recoverable by any officer of   the nation for the benefit of the nation, before the peacemakers'  court   of the reservation in which the offender resides or in which the offense   is committed.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to establish, manage and   control a fire corporation for the fire protection of the common land of   the nation and to enter into contracts necessary for providing such fire   protection and to provide insurance for volunteer firefighters.
NY Indian L § 75 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 5 - The Seneca Indians on the Allegany and Cattaraugus Reservations 75 - Vacancies in Elective Offices.

§ 75. Vacancies in elective offices.  If a vacancy occur in the office   of  the  president  of the Seneca nation, such office shall be filled by   the council by a majority vote thereof, and a meeting of the council for   that purpose shall be called by the clerk of the nation upon  a  written   petition  presented  to  him,  signed  by  at least ten electors of such   nation. If a vacancy occur in any other  office  of  such  nation,  such   office  shall  be  filled by appointment by the president of the nation,   under his hand and the seal of the nation.
NY Indian L § 77 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 5 - The Seneca Indians on the Allegany and Cattaraugus Reservations 77 - Police Officers at Annual Fair.

§  77.  Police  officers at annual fair. The board of commissioners of   the Niagara frontier police district may, upon the written request of at   least five of the councilors of the Seneca nation, detail  two  or  more   police  officers  of such district to attend and preserve peace and good   order at the annual fair of the Iroquois  agricultural  society  on  the   Cattaraugus reservation; the reasonable expenses of such police officers   to be defrayed by such nation.
NY Indian L § 78 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 5 - The Seneca Indians on the Allegany and Cattaraugus Reservations 78 - Leases and Rights of Way.

§  78.  Leases  and  rights of way.   1. The Seneca nation of Indians,   acting by and through the Seneca council, is  authorized  to  lease,  or   grant rights of way over, tribal lands, including the tribal interest in   lands  possessed by individual Indians, within the Allegany, Cattaraugus   and Oil Springs reservations for any purpose for such term and  on  such   conditions as the Seneca council may determine.2.  Individual  members of the Seneca nation of Indians are authorized   to join in any such leases or rights of way executed or granted  by  the   Seneca council with respect to whatever interest they may possess in the   lands involved.
NY Indian L § 80 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 6 - The Seneca Indians on the Tonawanda Reservation 80 - General Powers and Duties of Council.

§  80.  General  powers  and  duties  of council.   The council of the   Tonawanda nation may determine upon the laying out and working of  roads   and  highways, and may make by-laws for the regulation of such work; 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 penalty of not exceeding  five   dollars,  for the violation of any such by-law or ordinance, recoverable   for the benefit of such nation by any chief or officer thereof,  in  any   justice's court of the county of Genesee.
NY Indian L § 81 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 6 - The Seneca Indians on the Tonawanda Reservation 81 - Attorney.

§  81.  Attorney.    1.  The state department of social services shall   appoint, with the advice and consent of the Tonawanda nation of Indians,   an attorney and counsellor of the supreme court for at least three years   to be the attorney for the Tonawanda nation of  Indians,  who  shall  be   paid  by  the  state  an annual salary of five hundred dollars. He shall   advise such Indians in relation to their affairs,  and  in  relation  to   controversies among themselves or with any other person; shall prosecute   such  actions  and  proceedings for them, or any of them, as he may deem   proper and necessary; provided however that  any  refusal  to  prosecute   such actions and proceedings shall be reviewable by such department; and   shall,  on  a  written  complaint  of  a  majority of the chiefs of such   nation, when any trespass has  been  committed  on  the  lands  of  such   reservation,  or any timber, wood or logs have been cut, carried away or   converted by any person, not an Indian,  to  his  own  use,  immediately   commence the proper suit for recovery of such property or of damages for   such injury.2.  The  state  department  of  social services may provide additional   compensation to such attorney  if  it  determines  that  the  amount  of   service   provided   exceeds  the  value  of  the  annual  compensation.   Additional compensation shall not exceed a total of one thousand dollars   annually.
NY Indian L § 82 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 6 - The Seneca Indians on the Tonawanda Reservation 82 - Vacancies in Elective Offices.

§  82. Vacancies in elective offices.  If a vacancy shall occur in any   office of the Tonawanda nation, any chief of  such  nation  may  call  a   special  meeting  of the chiefs thereof residing on such reservation, to   be held at one of their council houses, by a notice specifying the  time   and  place  thereof,  served  on such chiefs personally or left at their   respective places of residence at least five days  before  the  time  of   such  meeting. At such meeting the chiefs present shall appoint a clerk,   and by a majority vote shall elect a person to fill such vacancy for the   remainder of the unexpired term. The clerk of such meeting  shall  enter   and certify the result of such election in the register of elections.
NY Indian L § 83 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 6 - The Seneca Indians on the Tonawanda Reservation 83 - Leases for Agricultural Purposes.

§ 83. Leases for agricultural purposes.  1. Any Indian who is a member   of  the  Tonawanda  nation  and who resided on the Tonawanda reservation   may, with the approval of the council of the nation, lease land allotted   to him to any person for agricultural purposes; the  term  of  any  such   lease  shall  not  exceed  one  year. Any lease entered into without the   approval of the council, as evidenced by the endorsements thereon of the   presiding officer and the clerk  of  the  council,  shall  be  void  and   unenforceable.  Any  person who enters upon or occupies any of the lands   of the Tonawanda reservation under a void lease may  be  removed  as  an   intruder  pursuant  to  section  eight of this chapter. All crops raised   under an invalid lease shall become the property of the nation, and  the   council  of  the nation may cause the crops to be harvested and sold for   the benefit of the nation. Any rents received pursuant to a  void  lease   shall also become the property of the nation, and the council shall have   a  cause  of  action  to recover such rents from the person who received   them. Common lands which have not been allotted to members of the nation   may be leased by the council of such nation for  agricultural  purposes;   the term of any such lease shall not exceed one year.
NY Indian L § 84 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 6 - The Seneca Indians on the Tonawanda Reservation 84 - Leases for the Extraction of Minerals, Oil or Natural Gas.

§  84. Leases for the extraction of minerals, oil or natural gas.  The   council of the Tonawanda nation, with the approval of the  attorney  for   the nation, may by lease give the right to explore land located upon the   Tonawanda reservation and extract minerals, oil or natural gas therefrom   by  means other than those commonly known as surface, open pit, or strip   mining. No lease shall be for a term in  excess  of  twenty  years.  The   council  of  the  nation shall use the rents from any such lease for the   common benefit of the nation as  determined  by  the  council,  provided   however,  that  any Indian residing on the Tonawanda reservation, who is   deprived of substantial use or enjoyment of his allotted land because of   mining operations conducted under any such lease, shall receive from the   proceeds of the lease fair and equitable compensation for his loss.
NY Indian L § 86 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 6 - The Seneca Indians on the Tonawanda Reservation 86 - Payment of Annuity.

§  86.  Payment of annuity.  The proportionate share of such nation to   the annuity of five hundred dollars, agreed to be paid by the  state  of   New  York  under  a treaty dated September twelfth, eighteen hundred and   fifteen, shall be paid by the state to the treasurer  of  the  Tonawanda   nation.  Their proportionate share shall be determined by the ratio that   their numbers bear to the whole number  of  Senecas  residing  in  other   parts of the state, having an interest in such annuity.
NY Indian L § 87 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 6 - The Seneca Indians on the Tonawanda Reservation 87 - Indian Trespasses on Common Land.

§  87.  Indian  trespasses  on  common  land.    If  any Indian of the   Tonawanda nation shall occupy any of the  common  lands  of  his  nation   without  having  obtained  from  the  council  an  allotment thereof, as   required by law, the council shall cause a notice to be served upon such   Indian, signed by the presiding officer and  clerk  thereof,  describing   the lands so occupied, and requiring such Indian to remove therefrom, or   within  ten  days after the personal service upon him of such notice, to   show cause at a time and place therein mentioned,  before  the  council,   why  he should not be removed therefrom. If such Indian shall not remove   from such lands as required by the notice, or shall not show  sufficient   cause  to  the  council  why  he  should  not  be removed therefrom, the   council, upon due proof of the personal service of such  notice  on  the   person  to  whom  it  was  directed, and that the lands occupied by such   person are common lands of  the  nation  not  held  by  such  person  in   pursuance of law, shall issue an order to the marshal, commanding him to   forthwith  remove  such  person,  which  order  shall  be  signed by the   presiding officer, and clerk of the council.
NY Indian L § 88 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 6 - The Seneca Indians on the Tonawanda Reservation 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 such   lands, they shall issue a notice to the persons against  whom  complaint   is  made,  stating  the cause of complaint and requiring such persons to   appear before them at a time and place therein specified to  show  cause   why the complainant should not be put into full and peaceable possession   of  such  lands;  which  notice  shall  be  immediately served upon such   persons. At the time and place mentioned in such notice the peacemakers,   on proof of the personal service of such notice on the  persons  against   whom  complaint is made, shall hear the proofs of the parties, and shall   forthwith determine whether an encroachment has been made and the extent   thereof. If they shall determine that an  encroachment  has  been  made,   they shall issue an order to the marshal of such reservation, commanding   him  to forthwith remove such encroachments and put the complainant into   full possession of such lands.
NY Indian L § 89 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 6 - The Seneca Indians on the Tonawanda Reservation 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.
NY Indian L § 90 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 6 - The Seneca Indians on the Tonawanda Reservation 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  of  supporting   wires  have been or may hereafter be erected, damages therefor, which in   case of inability to agree thereon, shall be ascertained in  the  manner   provided  in the eminent domain procedure law. And in case the poles are   erected on lands that have not been allotted to  any  Indian,  then  the   said  company  shall  pay a like sum to the district attorney of Genesee   county, who shall distribute the same in accordance with the  provisions   of  section eighty-six of this article. And in case any company may have   already erected poles, or in case any company may hereafter erect  poles   without  paying  therefor in accordance therewith, then the said Indians   are authorized to maintain actions  of  ejectment  against  the  company   therefor,  in  the same manner as citizens of this state, and as if they   were owners in severalty of the lands so allotted to them. In  case  the   lands  are  not  allotted,  then such an action may be prosecuted in the   name of the Tonawanda band of Seneca Indians.  The  provisions  of  this   article shall not apply to the existing lines of any such company, which   has  heretofore  obtained  the  consent  of  said  Seneca Indians to the   erection  of  such  existing  lines  and  shall  have  paid  a  valuable   consideration  for  the  same,  so  far as such existing lines have been   erected upon lands that have not been allotted.
NY Indian L § 95 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 7 - The Tuscarora Nation 95 - Allotment of Lands.

§  95.  Allotment  of lands.   The chiefs or head men of the Tuscarora   nation of Indians in the county of Niagara, 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 tribal lands shall be appropriated by any   Indian to his own use, without such consent and allotment. Such  chiefs,   in council, may appoint a clerk, who shall enter in a book kept for that   purpose,  every  allotment  of tribal lands, set apart for any Indian or   Indian family, and of the part thereof from which such Indian or  family   may  sell timber and trees, and of the part he is permitted to clear for   the purposes of cultivation.
NY Indian L § 96 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 7 - The Tuscarora Nation 96 - Consent of Chiefs to Sales of Timber.

§  96. Consent of chiefs to sales of timber.  Any Indian having tribal   lands allotted to him by the chiefs, with the  consent  of  such  chiefs   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   faith clear for the purpose of cultivation.
NY Indian L § 97 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 7 - The Tuscarora Nation 97 - Indian Trespassers.

§  97. 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 of the nation.
NY Indian L § 98 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 7 - The Tuscarora Nation 98 - Illegal Sales of Timber and Trees.

§  98.  Illegal  sales of timber and trees.  Every sale or disposition   without the consent of such chiefs, by any individual Indian or Indians,   of any tree or timber on any of the tribal lands, or of any  manufacture   therefrom,  shall  be  void.  The chiefs may sell for the benefit of the   nation any timber or trees  on  the  wild  lands  of  such  nation,  the   proceeds  of  such  sale  to be paid to the chief whom the council shall   appoint as treasurer. Such chiefs may bring an action against the person   to whom such trees or timber are sold  to  recover  the  purchase  price   thereof,  or against any person who shall have received any tree, timber   or the manufacture therefrom, unlawfully  sold,  to  recover  the  value   thereof  for  the benefit of the nation. Any person who shall sell, take   or carry from the lands of such nation any  trees,  lumber  or  articles   manufactured therefrom, without the consent of such chiefs, in any other   case  than is provided for in this section, shall be liable to a penalty   of twice the value of  such  trees,  timber  or  manufactured  articles,   recoverable by such chiefs.