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NY Indian L § 21 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 3 - The Onondaga Tribe 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, upon receipt of such enumeration and   undertaking,  certify  to  the  comptroller  such  enumeration  and  its   approval of such undertaking and send to such agent the  annuity  moneys   payable  by  the  state  to  the  Indians  of whom he is agent for which   purpose such moneys shall be paid to the department  of  social  welfare   from  the  treasury  on  the  audit  and warrant of the comptroller upon   requisitions approved by the department of social  welfare.  Such  agent   shall  thereupon  distribute  such  moneys  to the Indians of whom he is   agent who are entitled thereto, paying the same to heads of families and   individuals so far as  practicable,  and  shall  forthwith  report  such   distribution  to  the  department of social welfare, which shall certify   such report to the comptroller. Such agent shall protect the rights  and   interests  of  the  tribe  of  which he is agent, and perform such other   duties in relation to them as may  be  required  by  the  department  of   social welfare.
NY Indian L § 22 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 3 - The Onondaga Tribe 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 to be removed or aid in the   removal from such reservation of any trees, timber, wood, bark or poles,   except upon the written permission of a majority of the  chiefs  of  the   Onondaga  tribe, particularly specifying the quantity and kind of trees,   timber, wood, bark or poles to be cut or removed.
NY Indian L § 23 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 3 - The Onondaga Tribe 23 - Consent of Agent to Certain Contracts.

§  23.  Consent  of  agent to certain contracts.  Every contract which   shall be made without the written consent of the agent of  the  Onondaga   Indians,  by  any  person  other  than an Indian, with any Indian of the   Onondaga tribe, or with any Indian of any other nation or tribe residing   or living with such Indians, for or concerning any stone, or  any  wood,   timber  or  bark  on  the  tribal lands of such nation, or that has been   taken or removed from such lands, shall be void;  and  any  person  who,   without  such  consent,  shall  receive  from  any  such Indian or other   person, any such stone, wood, timber or bark, on  such  reservation,  or   removed  therefrom,  knowing  the  same  to  have  been taken or removed   therefrom, shall be liable to a penalty of five times the value of  such   property,  recoverable  by  the  agent of such tribe, in the name of the   people of the state, and payable upon recovery, after  he  has  deducted   his  fees  and  the  reasonable costs and expenses of collection, to the   chiefs of such tribe for the benefit of the tribe.
NY Indian L § 24 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 3 - The Onondaga Tribe 24 - Leases.

§  24.  Leases.   An Indian residing on the Onondaga reservation and a   member of the Onondaga tribe, owning  or  possessed  of  improved  lands   therein, may lease such lands to white persons, for a term not to exceed   ten  years;  but  no individual Indian shall have the right to lease any   lands to be used as a stone  quarry  or  for  commercial  purposes.    A   majority  of  the  chiefs of such tribe may, by a written contract drawn   under the direction of the agent of  such  tribe  and  approved  by  his   indorsement  thereon, lease lands to be used as stone quarries, lands to   be used for commercial purposes and national lands of the tribe to white   persons, the expense of such contracts to be paid by the persons to whom   the lands shall be leased.  Any such contract without the consent of the   agent shall be void.All moneys due upon leases of lands to be used as stone quarries or of   lands to be used for commercial purposes, shall be paid to the agent  to   be  distributed  by him as follows:  One-third to the Onondaga Nation of   Indians and two-thirds to the individual owner of such lands,  and  each   such  lease,  hereafter  made,  shall  contain  such requirement for the   payment and disbursement of lease moneys.As used in this section "commercial purposes" shall mean  and  include   any  purpose,  except  agricultural  purposes, for which the land may be   used to derive a profit.
NY Indian L § 26 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 3 - The Onondaga Tribe 26 - Plank-Road on Reservation.

§ 26. Plank-road on reservation.  All Indians residing on the Onondaga   reservation,  or  belonging  to  the  Onondaga  tribe,  shall, as to the   portion of the Syracuse  and  Tully  plank-road  constructed  upon  such   reservation, and as to all gates erected within the bounds thereof, pass   free of any charge or toll.
NY Indian L § 28 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 3 - The Onondaga Tribe 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  of  a   misdemeanor,  and shall be liable for treble damages for any injury done   by such cattle, horses, or other animals while on said reservation.  Any   person  who  shall  keep,  pasture, have in his possession, or under his   control, any cattle, horses or other animals, on lands contained  within   the  Onondaga  Indian  reservation  and  leased  under the provisions of   section twenty-four of this article,  shall  be  liable  to  the  person   damaged  for  any  injury done by such cattle, horses, or other animals,   through trespass or otherwise; and the fact that the person damaged,  or   any  other person, has failed to erect any fences, or has failed to keep   any fences in repair, shall be no defense in  an  action  brought  under   this section, for injury done by such cattle, horses or other animals.
NY Indian L § 40 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 4 - The Seneca Indians 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 New York Indian agency shall be treated as residents of the Allegany   reservation.  The councilors of the Seneca nation, and the chiefs of the   Tonawanda nation, in council assembled, are designated, in this chapter,   the council of each of such nations, respectively.
NY Indian L § 41 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 4 - The Seneca Indians 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 president. Each   officer of each nation now in office shall continue in office until  the   expiration  of  the term for which he was chosen and until his successor   shall be chosen.
NY Indian L § 43 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 4 - The Seneca Indians 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 meetings of   the  electors  of his nation; and shall be eligible to any office filled   thereat, except that the marshals, peacemakers  and  councilors  of  the   Seneca  nation shall be residents of the reservation for which they were   chosen, and the peacemakers of the Tonawanda nation shall be chosen from   among the chiefs thereof. If any person offering to  vote  at  any  such   election shall be challenged as unqualified, the presiding officer shall   determine by an inspection of such last preceding census, upon his right   to  vote;  and if he is challenged on the ground of not being twenty-one   years of age, such officer shall ascertain the fact by the oath  of  the   person  offering  his  vote,  or  of  any other Indian, which oath he is   authorized to administer.
NY Indian L § 44 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 4 - The Seneca Indians 44 - The Treasurer.

§ 44. The treasurer.  Within thirty days after his election and before   performing  any  of  the  duties  or exercising any of the powers of his   office, the treasurer of each nation shall give a bond to  such  nation,   with  such  sureties  and  in such amount as the state comptroller shall   approve, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties  of  his   office.  For any breach of the conditions of such bond, an action may be   maintained for the benefit of such nation, by  their  attorney,  in  the   manner  provided  by  law  for the breach of an official bond given by a   county treasurer. If such bond is not given within  the  time  provided,   the  office  shall  be deemed vacant. The treasurer of the Seneca nation   shall  receive  all  moneys  belonging  to  the  nation,  including  the   annuities  paid  by  the government of the United States or the state of   New York. The treasurer of the Tonawanda nation shall receive all moneys   belonging to such band, which shall be deposited with  him  pursuant  to   any  resolution  of  the  council  of such nation. The treasurer of each   nation shall pay out moneys  only  upon  a  warrant,  certified  by  the   presiding  officer  and  clerk  of  the  council, to the effect that the   amount to be paid by such  warrant  was  appropriated  by  a  resolution   passed  by  a  majority vote of the council, which warrant the treasurer   shall retain as a voucher. The treasurer shall receive such compensation   as the council shall determine. At least five  days  before  the  annual   election,  he  shall  report to the peacemakers an account of all moneys   received and expended by him, with the vouchers for  such  expenditures,   which  account  shall  be  settled  by  the  peacemakers and read by the   presiding officer at the next annual election.
NY Indian L § 45 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 4 - The Seneca Indians 45 - The Clerk.

§ 45. The clerk.  The clerk of each nation shall act as clerk at every   annual or special meeting thereof, and in the meetings of the council of   the  nation.  He  shall  have  the  custody of all the books, papers and   records belonging to such nation.  The  council  of  each  nation  shall   furnish  the clerk thereof with a book, at the expense of the nation, in   which he shall enter all proceedings and the results of all elections at   every annual or special meeting of such nation; and all  orders,  rules,   regulations  and  certificates  made  or  granted  by the council of the   nation, and if of the Tonawanda nation, the names of the chiefs thereof.   Every certificate, order or other matter certified by the clerk to be  a   true extract from his minutes shall be evidence thereof. The clerk shall   receive  an  annual  salary  of  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars,  to  be   determined by the council. The clerk of the Tonawanda nation shall  also   act  as  clerk  at  all  hearings before the peacemakers' courts, or any   other tribunal established by law on their reservation, and shall  enter   in the record book of the peacemakers' courts all entries required to be   made therein.
NY Indian L § 47 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 4 - The Seneca Indians 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  the  action  or  proceeding,  a brief statement of the   subject thereof, the finding and determination  of  the  peacemakers  in   reference  thereto,  the amount of the award, the amount of costs and to   whom allowed, the time within which the decision is to be complied with,   and the date of such decision.
NY Indian L § 48 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 4 - The Seneca Indians 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   their   determination.
NY Indian L § 49 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 4 - The Seneca Indians 49 - Incompetency of Peacemakers.

§  49. Incompetency of peacemakers.  A peacemaker shall not act in any   case where he shall be related to  either  of  the  parties  within  the   fourth  degree  by  the common law, or has any interest in the action or   proceeding. If two members of a peacemakers' court shall be  incompetent   to  act,  the  remaining peacemaker shall associate with himself any two   members of the council residing on the reservation not  disqualified  by   such  relationship or interest, for the hearing and determination of the   action or proceeding, and such peacemaker and members of the council  or   any  two  of  them shall have all the power and authority conferred upon   peacemakers in relation to such action or proceeding.
NY Indian L § 50 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 4 - The Seneca Indians 50 - Appeals to Council of Seneca Nation.

§  50.  Appeals to council of Seneca nation.  Within twenty days after   the decision of a peacemakers' court of the Seneca nation, an appeal may   be taken to the council of such nation,  by  serving  upon  the  adverse   party  and upon the peacemakers before whom the action or proceeding was   heard a notice  of  such  appeal.  The  peacemakers  shall  certify  the   evidence  taken before them to the council. The appeal shall be heard by   at least a quorum of the council, and shall be decided upon the evidence   taken in the peacemakers' court, and such  additional  evidence  as  the   council may determine to hear. Upon the hearing any party shall have the   right  to  appear either in person or by counsel and argue the merits of   the case. The decision of the council shall be conclusive.
NY Indian L § 51 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 4 - The Seneca Indians 51 - Appeals From Peacemakers' Court of Tonawanda Nation.

§  51. Appeals from peacemakers' court of Tonawanda nation.  An appeal   may be taken from the decision of a peacemakers' court of the  Tonawanda   nation,  or  of a tribunal of such nation consisting of a peacemaker and   one or more associate chiefs, to a court consisting  of  six  chiefs  of   such  nation,  selected  as  follows:  The  party  appealing  shall give   security, approved by the tribunal before which the action or proceeding   was tried, for the payment of  the  amount  awarded  by  such  appellate   court. Upon such security being given, such trial court shall direct the   marshal  to  summon twelve chiefs, designated by such trial tribunal, to   appear at a time and place specified, not more than ten days thereafter.   At such time the names of such chiefs shall be drawn  by  lot,  and  the   first six whose names are drawn, and who are not disqualified because of   interest  or  relationship, shall constitute a court for the hearing and   determination of such appeal. Such court  shall  hear  the  appeal,  and   examine  the  witnesses and parties under oath in the same manner as the   peacemakers in a determination before them.    Upon  such  hearing,  the   chiefs  constituting  the court shall be entitled to receive twenty-five   cents each for their services, to be paid in the first instance  by  the   party  appealing.  In  their  final decision, they shall determine which   party shall pay the costs and expenses of the suit and of the appeal.
NY Indian L § 52 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 4 - The Seneca Indians 52 - Enforcement of Judgments.

§  52.  Enforcement  of judgments.   If any party shall fail to comply   with, or fulfil the directions or finding  of  the  peacemakers  in  any   matter  heard or determined by them in pursuance of law, within the time   fixed by such determination, the party in whose favor such determination   may be, shall be entitled to recover the amount awarded to him, by  such   determination  with  costs,  in  an action in justice's court before any   justice of the peace of the county in which such reservation or  a  part   thereof  is  situated,  in  which  action,  a copy of the record of such   determination, certified to by said clerk, shall be conclusive  evidence   of  the  right  of  recovery,  and  of  the amount of such recovery, and   executions shall be awarded to enforce the collection  of  the  judgment   obtained  thereon in the same manner and with the like effect as against   white persons, and the property and person  of  the  defendant  in  such   action  shall  be liable to seizure and sale or imprisonment, as in like   cases against white persons.  In case the action or  proceeding  is  one   not  within the jurisdiction of justice's courts, the application may be   made to a court having jurisdiction of actions of the same nature.
NY Indian L § 53 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 4 - The Seneca Indians 53 - The Marshal.

§  53. The marshal.  The marshal shall execute all orders, summons and   process issued or given to  him  by  the  peacemakers  or  any  tribunal   created  according  to  the  provisions  of  this  chapter, and shall be   entitled to receive for his services the same fees as are allowed by law   to constables in courts held by justices of the peace.
NY Indian L § 55 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 4 - The Seneca Indians 55 - Allotment of Lands.

§  55.  Allotment  of  lands.    All  lands  on  either  the Allegany,   Cattaraugus or Tonawanda reservations, except such as have been allotted   by the national council,  or  lands  on  the  Allegany  and  Cattaraugus   reservations,  appropriated,  cultivated  and  improved  by an Indian or   Indian family or the heirs thereof, in  accordance  with  the  laws  and   usages  of  the Seneca nation, or lands on the Tonawanda reservation, to   which the possessors have become entitled in pursuance of law without an   allotment, shall be held in common by the Seneca and Tonawanda  nations,   respectively,  and be subject to the control of the council thereof. The   common land shall not be appropriated by  any  Indian  to  his  own  use   without  the consent of the council, who shall, on application, allot to   any Indian or Indian family, so much of the common lands as  they  shall   deem  reasonable  and  an equitable proportion in reference to the whole   number not possessing land. A description of the land desired  shall  be   submitted  to  the council.  Upon the approval of the council, certified   by the presiding officer and clerk  thereof,  such  description  may  be   recorded  in  the clerk's book of records. A description of lands on the   Tonawanda reservation, appropriated,  cultivated  and  improved  by  any   Indian  or Indian family or the heirs thereof, after November fifteenth,   eighteen hundred and forty-seven, may be recorded at  any  time  in  the   clerk's  book  of  records.    The  possessors of lands on the Allegany,   Cattaraugus  and  Tonawanda  reservations,  descriptions  of  which  are   recorded,  shall,  from  the  time  of  recording  only,  be entitled to   maintain suits for encroachment or trespass thereon.
NY Indian L § 56 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 4 - The Seneca Indians 56 - Trees and Timber on Reservations.

§  56.  Trees  and timber on reservations.  Except as provided by this section, no person shall cut, remove, cause to be removed or  assist  in removing  from  the  Allegany, Cattaraugus or Tonawanda reservations any wood, trees or timber thereon, nor shall any Indian sell or  dispose  of any  timber or trees on such reservations, or any manufacture therefrom; and every such sale or disposition shall be void. Except as provided  in this  section,  any  person who shall cut, remove or cause to be removed from any such reservations, or any Indian who shall sell or  dispose  of any  trees  or  timber  thereon,  or any manufacture therefrom, shall be liable to a penalty of twice the value of such property, recoverable for the benefit of the nation occupying the reservation. An Indian  residing on  the Allegany or Cattaraugus reservation, may sell or dispose of, for his own benefit, any trees or timber, or the manufacture thereof, on any wild lands allotted to or entered by him; and, upon obtaining  a  permit from the council, signed by the presiding officer and clerk thereof, may manufacture  shingles  or  staves  from  any trees or timber on any wild lands of the nation not allotted to or entered by any other Indian,  and may  dispose of the same for his own benefit. Any member of the Allegany or Cattaraugus reservation may sell logs from land  to  which  he  holds title. The council of the Seneca nation may sell or dispose of any trees or  timber on the wild lands of the Allegany or Cattaraugus reservation, and the proceeds of such sale or disposition shall be for the benefit of such nation.  (a) Any member of the Tonawanda nation may cut timber on any  land  on the  Tonawanda  reservation  to which he holds title by allotment solely for the purposes of manufacture of shingles, lumber and boards  for  the construction,  erection  and  repair of buildings which such member owns situate upon said reservation and  for  firewood  for  himself  and  his family, and, upon obtaining a written permit, from the council of chiefs of  said  nation,  granted  only  by  resolution  thereof, signed by the presiding officer and clerk thereof, may cut timber only on such part of the common unallotted land of the  Tonawanda  reservation  and  in  such quantity  as  shall be specifically designated by such council of chiefs by such resolution and described in said permit, solely for the purposes of manufacture of shingles, lumber  and  boards  for  the  construction, erection  and  repair  of  buildings which such member owns situate upon such reservation, and for firewood for himself and his family. No person not a member of the Tonawanda nation shall be employed by any Indian  in cutting any timber on the Tonawanda reservation.