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2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 New York Laws › IND - Indian › Article 8 - The Saint Regis Tribe › 100 - Payment of Annuity.

§  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 shall execute a
  bond to the Saint Regis tribe in double the amount of the money  payable
  to  him.  Such bond shall be approved as to form, amount and sufficiency
  of sureties by the county judge  of  Franklin  county.  The  council  of
  chiefs  of the Saint Regis tribe may, in case of default, delinquency or
  misconduct of such clerk, maintain an  action  upon  such  bond.  Before
  receiving  any  such  money,  the  clerk  shall  also  prepare under the
  direction of the chiefs an annual roll of the members of the Saint Regis
  tribe who are eligible to receive annuity money, including  therein  the
  name  and  post-office  address  of each such member, and file copies of
  such roll in the offices of the department of  social  welfare  and  the
  county clerk of Franklin county.  The department of social welfare shall
  not in any manner be charged with or be responsible for the distribution
  or  expenditure  of  such  annuity  money by such tribe or any officials
  thereof.
2023 New York Laws › IND - Indian › Article 8 - The Saint Regis Tribe › 101 - The 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,
  which  warrant  the  clerk shall retain as a voucher. At least five days
  before the annual election, he shall report to the council an account of
  the moneys received and expended by  him  with  the  vouchers  for  such
  expenditures. He shall be entitled to receive for his services an amount
  to  be  fixed by the majority of the chiefs of the tribe, payable out of
  moneys disbursed by him.
2. The clerk, after setting aside sufficient funds  for  disbursements
  required  to  be made by law shall pay to individual members or heads of
  families of the tribe the per capita shares of tribal  members  in  such
  annuity  money  unless,  at a general meeting of the qualified voters of
  such tribe duly called and held  during  such  year  and  prior  to  the
  distribution  of  such  money,  a majority of the qualified voters shall
  approve the expenditure of all or part of such moneys for  one  or  more
  tribal  projects,  in  which event the amount or amounts so approved for
  payment on account  of  such  project  or  projects  shall  be  paid  in
  accordance  with  such  vote  and  any  balance  of  such  annuity money
  remaining shall be added to the tribal funds.
2023 New York Laws › IND - Indian › Article 8 - The Saint Regis Tribe › 102 - Allotment of Lands.

§  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 tribal lands shall be  appropriated  by  any
  Indian  to  his  own  use, without such consent and allotment. The clerk
  shall enter in a book, kept for that purpose, every allotment of  tribal
  lands,  set  apart for any Indian or Indian family, and the part thereof
  from which such Indian or family may sell timber or trees or the part he
  is permitted to clear for the purposes of cultivation.
2023 New York Laws › IND - Indian › Article 8 - The Saint Regis Tribe › 103 - Consent of Chiefs to Sale of Timber.

§  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
  faith clear for the purposes of cultivation.
2023 New York Laws › IND - Indian › Article 8 - The Saint Regis Tribe › 104 - Indian Trespassers.

§ 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 of the nation.
2023 New York Laws › IND - Indian › Article 8 - The Saint Regis Tribe › 105 - Illegal Sales of Timber, Trees and Stone.

§  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  any timber, trees or stone on the wild lands of
  such tribe, the proceeds of such sale to be  paid  to  the  clerk.  Such
  chiefs  may  bring an action in the name of the tribe against the person
  to whom such trees, timber or  stone  are  sold  to  recover  the  value
  thereof,  or against any person who shall have received any tree, timber
  or stone or the manufacture therefrom unlawfully sold,  to  recover  the
  value  thereof  for the benefit of the tribe. Any person who shall sell,
  take or carry from the lands of such tribe, any trees, lumber, stone  or
  article of manufacture 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,  stone   or
  manufactured  articles,  recoverable  by  such chiefs in the name of the
  tribe. The chiefs of such tribe, upon giving satisfactory  security  for
  costs,  may  sue in the name of the tribe for the amount of any recovery
  permitted under this section, and after paying the legal charges of such
  suit, shall pay over any remaining proceeds  of  such  recovery  to  the
  clerk of the tribe.
2023 New York Laws › IND - Indian › Article 8 - The Saint Regis Tribe › 106 - Jurisdiction of Council to Determine Disputes.

§  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 reservation. A chief shall not act in any such  case  where  he  is
  related  by  blood  to either of the parties within the fourth degree by
  the common law, or has any interest in the action or proceeding.
2023 New York Laws › IND - Indian › Article 8 - The Saint Regis Tribe › 107 - General Powers of Council.

§  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 penalty of not exceeding  five
  dollars  for  the  violation  or  disobedience  of  any  such  by-law or
  ordinance recoverable for the benefit of such nation, by  any  chief  or
  officer  thereof in the name of the nation in any justice's court of the
  county of Franklin.
2023 New York Laws › IND - Indian › Article 8 - The Saint Regis Tribe › 108 - Qualifications of Voters.

§  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, the subchiefs and clerk of the tribe at
  the elections of such tribe provided for by this article.
2023 New York Laws › IND - Indian › Article 8 - The Saint Regis Tribe › 109 - Officers of Tribes.

§  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 have all the powers conferred by
  this chapter upon such officers. A subchief shall have all the power and
  shall  perform  all  the  duties of the chief to whom he is elected as a
  subchief, in case of such  chief's  inability  to  act  for  any  reason
  whatsoever.
2023 New York Laws › IND - Indian › Article 8 - The Saint Regis Tribe › 110 - Election of Officers.

§ 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 hold office for a term of three years.
At  each  third  annual  election  dating  from  that held in the year
  eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, there shall be elected by a plurality
  of the votes cast by the qualified voters of said tribe,  a  clerk,  who
  shall hold office for a term of three years.
A  successor  to  such  clerk  shall be elected at the annual election
  occuring next prior to the expiration of his term of office.  The  terms
  of  office  of  all  officers of the Saint Regis tribe shall commence at
  twelve o'clock noon on the first day of July succeeding the election  at
  which they are elected.
2023 New York Laws › IND - Indian › Article 8 - The Saint Regis Tribe › 111 - Conduct of Elections.

§  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  Franklin  county  and the members of the
  council who are not then candidates for election shall  preside  at  the
  election,  receive  the ballots presented by the voters and deposit them
  in the respective ballot-boxes. Such council members and county attorney
  or sheriff shall each be entitled to receive for such services  the  sum
  of  twenty  dollars  per day for each day during which they are actually
  employed with such duties, to be paid out of the moneys due  such  tribe
  from  the  state.  The  polls of such election shall be open between the
  hours of nine o'clock in the morning and five o'clock in the  afternoon.
  A  voter  voting at such election must, if challenged, before depositing
  his ballot, solemnly swear that he is at least eighteen  years  of  age,
  that  he  resides  on  the American side of the line dividing the United
  States from Canada and that he is entitled to draw a share of the yearly
  annuity moneys, which oath shall be administered by  the  clerk  of  the
  tribe.
2023 New York Laws › IND - Indian › Article 8 - The Saint Regis Tribe › 112 - Canvass of Votes.

§  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 the names of the
  persons elected.  The clerk shall enter on the tribal book the names  of
  each  person  voted  for  at such election, the number of votes cast for
  each such person, the names of the persons elected  to  office  and  the
  terms for which they are to serve.
2023 New York Laws › IND - Indian › Article 8 - The Saint Regis Tribe › 113 - Vacancies.

§  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 office to hold office until the expiration of
  the term for which his predecessor was elected.
2023 New York Laws › IND - Indian › Article 9 - The Shinnecock Tribe › 120 - Election of Trustees.

§  120. Election of trustees.  The adult male members belonging to the
  Shinnecock tribe of Indians in Suffolk county, who for the preceding six
  months shall have resided on the reservation of said tribe, may meet  on
  the  first  Tuesday  in April in each year, at the place of holding town
  meetings in the town of Southampton, and by  plurality  of  votes  elect
  three  persons,  belonging to such tribe, as trustees. The town clerk of
  said town shall attend and preside at such meetings and shall enter in a
  book kept by him for that purpose the names of the trustees  chosen.  He
  shall  also  enter  in such book the proceedings of such trustees and of
  the justices of such town in reference to the allotment  or  leasing  of
  Indian lands.
2023 New York Laws › IND - Indian › Article 9 - The Shinnecock Tribe › 121 - Powers of Trustees.

§  121.  Powers of trustees.  Such trustees may allot the tribal lands
  to the individuals or families thereof; may direct on what part of  such
  lands  firewood  and  timber  may  be  cut  by such tribe; and, with the
  consent of three justices of the peace residing in or near the  town  of
  Southampton,  may  lease  so much of such lands as they may deem for the
  benefit of the tribe, for a term not longer than three years.
2023 New York Laws › IND - Indian › Article 9 - The Shinnecock Tribe › 122 - Unlawful Use of Lands.

§  122.  Unlawful  use  of lands.   Any person, not of such tribe, who
  shall hire, use or occupy any lands  of  such  tribe,  which  have  been
  allotted  by the trustees thereof, or any person who shall occupy or use
  any of such lands without the consent of a majority  of  such  trustees,
  and  of  at least two of such justices, obtained and entered in the book
  of the town clerk kept for such purpose, shall be liable to a penalty of
  twenty-five dollars for every acre hired, used or occupied.  Any  person
  belonging to such tribe, who shall cut any wood or timber on such lands,
  without  the  order and consent of such trustees and justices entered in
  such book, shall be liable to a penalty of ten dollars for each offense.
  One-half of any such penalty shall be for the use of  the  overseers  of
  the  poor of the town of Southampton, and the other half shall go to any
  person who shall sue for the recovery thereof.
2023 New York Laws › IND - Indian › Article 10 - The Poospatuck (Unkechauge) Indian Nation › 150 - Leadership of Poospatuck Indian Nation; Elections; Terms of Office.

§  150.  Leadership  of  Poospatuck Indian nation; elections; terms of
  office.  The Poospatuck Indian nation historically  has  had  and  shall
  continue  to  have  a  chief, three land trustees, a tribal secretary, a
  keeper of the records, and a  keeper  of  the  wampums.  They  shall  be
  elected  by  a majority vote by ballot of the blood right members of the
  tribe eligible to vote at the annual tribal meeting which shall be  held
  annually  on  the first Tuesday in April. All officers shall hold office
  for a period of one year with the exception of the  land  trustees.  The
  land  trustees  shall  hold office for a period of three years, provided
  however, that one land trustee  shall  be  elected  each  year  so  that
  continuity and experience will be maintained among the trustees.
2023 New York Laws › IND - Indian › Article 10 - The Poospatuck (Unkechauge) Indian Nation › 151 - Qualifications of Voters.

§ 151. Qualifications of voters.  No person shall vote at the election
  provided  for  in  section one hundred fifty of this article unless such
  person is at least eighteen years of age; has been actually residing  on
  the  reservation for six months immediately preceding such election; and
  is certified as a blood right member of the Poospatuck Indian nation  by
  the  tribal  council of such nation in accordance with the tribal rules,
  customs and regulations of the Poospatuck Indian nation.
2023 New York Laws › IND - Indian › Article 10 - The Poospatuck (Unkechauge) Indian Nation › 152 - Qualifications for Office.

§  152.  Qualifications  for  office.   All officers shall qualify for
  office and perform their respective duties in accordance with the tribal
  rules, customs and regulations of the Poospatuck Indian nation  and,  in
  addition,  shall  have been actually residing on the reservation for six
  months immediately preceding election.
2023 New York Laws › IND - Indian › Article 10 - The Poospatuck (Unkechauge) Indian Nation › 153 - Survey of Tribal Land of the Poospatuck Tribe.

§  153. Survey of tribal land of the Poospatuck tribe.  The Poospatuck
  Indian tribe is  hereby  authorized  to  have  an  accurate  survey  and
  description made of its tribal lands for the purposes of determining its
  reservation  boundaries.  Such  survey  shall,  however,  not affect the
  claims of the tribe to other lands, nor shall such survey be  made  more
  than once every ten years.
2023 New York Laws › ISC - Insurance › Article 1 - General Provisions › 103 - Explanation of Order of Provisions.

§  103.  Explanation of order of provisions. In this recodification of
  the insurance law, the provisions have been divided in descending  order
  of application, with illustrations, as follows:
 
  Article 1
Section 101
Subsection (a)
Paragraph (1)
Subparagraph (A)
Item (i)
Clause (I)
Subitem (aa)
Subclause (aaa)
2023 New York Laws › ISC - Insurance › Article 1 - General Provisions › 104 - Continuation of Existing Offices, Licenses, Approvals and Proceedings.

§  104.  Continuation  of  existing  offices,  licenses, approvals and
proceedings.
(a) All persons who, at the effective date of this chapter,  held  any
office  in  the  department shall continue to hold such office under and
subject to this chapter.
(b) Every license of an insurer, insurance  agent,  insurance  broker,
public adjuster, reinsurance intermediary, insurance consultant or other
licensee  in  force  immediately  prior  to  the  effective date of this
chapter shall continue in force until its date of  expiration  or  until
terminated pursuant to this chapter.
(c)  Every  insurer  doing  business  in  this  state as an authorized
insurer at the effective date of this chapter may continue  to  transact
the  kind  or kinds of insurance business it was licensed to transact on
such date until the date of expiration  of  its  license  or  until  the
license is terminated pursuant to this chapter.
(d) Every form of policy, contract, certificate, application, rider or
endorsement  in  use  immediately  prior  to  the effective date of this
chapter which was approved by the superintendent  pursuant  to  any  law
herein  repealed  may,  unless  he  prescribes otherwise, continue to be
issued in accordance with the approval:
(1) following such effective date, if  the  form  complies  with  this
chapter and did comply with the repealed law, or
(2)  for  six  months  following  such  effective date, if it does not
comply with this chapter but did comply with the repealed law.
(e) No action or proceeding commenced before  the  effective  date  of
this  chapter, and no violation of any provision of law hereby repealed,
shall be affected by such repeal, but all procedure hereafter  taken  in
reference thereto shall conform to the provisions of this chapter as far
as practicable.
2023 New York Laws › ISC - Insurance › Article 1 - General Provisions › 106 - Construction of References.

§  106.  Construction  of  references.  (a)  In  this  chapter, unless
otherwise stated or required by the context:
(1) All references to a part, title,  article  or  section  number  or
letter  refer  to  the  part,  title,  article or section so numbered or
lettered in this chapter, and all references  in  any  section  of  this
chapter  to  a numbered or lettered subsection, paragraph, subparagraph,
item or clause refer to the subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, item or
clause so numbered or lettered in such section.
(2) All references to former provisions of chapter twenty-eight of the
consolidated laws refer  to  provisions  of  the  former  insurance  law
enacted  by  chapter  eight  hundred  eighty-two of the laws of nineteen
hundred thirty-nine.
(b) In other laws of this state, references to  the  former  insurance
law  repealed  by  this  chapter,  and  to any article, section or other
provision thereof, refer  to  this  chapter  and  its  provisions  which
correspond to the repealed article, section or other provision.
2023 New York Laws › ISC - Insurance › Article 1 - General Provisions › 109 - Penalties; Civil Actions.

§  109. Penalties; civil actions. (a) Every violation of any provision
of this chapter shall, unless  the  same  constitutes  a  felony,  be  a
misdemeanor.
(b)  Every penalty imposed by this section shall be in addition to any
penalty or forfeiture otherwise provided by law.
(c) (1) If the superintendent finds after notice and hearing that  any
authorized  insurer,  representative  of the insurer, licensed insurance
agent, licensed insurance broker, licensed adjuster, or any other person
or entity licensed, certified, registered,  or  authorized  pursuant  to
this  chapter,  has willfully violated the provisions of this chapter or
any regulation promulgated thereunder or with respect  to  accident  and
health  insurance,  any provision of titles one or two of division BB of
the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (Pub. L.  No.  116-260),  as
may  be  amended  from  time-to-time,  and  any  regulations promulgated
thereunder, then the superintendent may order the person  or  entity  to
pay  to  the  people  of this state a penalty in a sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars for each offense.
(2) Failure to pay such penalty within thirty days  after  the  order,
unless it is suspended by an order of a court of competent jurisdiction,
shall constitute a further violation of the provisions of this chapter.
(3)  No  penalty  shall  be  imposed  pursuant to this subsection if a
monetary penalty is otherwise provided in this chapter.
(d) The superintendent may maintain a civil action in the name of  the
people of the state to recover a judgment for a money penalty imposed by
law for the violation of any provision of this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › ISC - Insurance › Article 2 - Organization of the Department of Financial Services › 201 - State Insurance Advisory Board.

§  201.  State  insurance  advisory  board. (a) There shall be a state
insurance advisory board to work with the superintendent in  encouraging
and  promoting  the  growth  of the insurance industry in the state, and
further the goals of the department's  mission  as  it  relates  to  the
insurance industry. There shall be ten members of the advisory board who
shall  be  appointed by the superintendent. The membership shall consist
of seven representatives of domestic insurance companies  that,  to  the
extent  practicable,  reflect  a range of size and geographical location
within the state.  The  membership  shall  also  include  one  insurance
producer  and two representatives of consumers. The superintendent shall
make rules to govern the method by which insurers may  nominate  persons
to  the  board and the process for selecting such members, provided that
the representative of consumers shall be selected by the superintendent.
The term of each member of such advisory board shall be three years,  or
until  a  successor  is  appointed and vacancies shall be filled for the
unexpired term only. The board shall meet at least annually pursuant  to
the  call of the superintendent. Such meetings may be presided over by a
designee of the superintendent and may be held by means of a  conference
telephone  or  similar  communications  equipment  that  would allow all
persons participating in the meeting to hear  each  other  at  the  same
time.  The  members  of the advisory board shall receive no compensation
nor reimbursement for expenses. The advisory board may:
(1) consider and recommend ways, consistent  with  the  protection  of
consumers  and  the  financial  condition  of  insurers,  to  encourage,
promote,  and  assist  insurance   institutions   to   effectively   and
productively  locate,  operate,  employ, grow, remain, and expand in New
York state;
(2) consider and recommend ways, consistent  with  the  protection  of
consumers  and  the  financial  condition  of  insurers,  to promote the
prudent and continued availability of insurance products and services at
affordable costs throughout the state;
(3) recommend to the superintendent the establishment of such laws  as
may be deemed necessary, and the amendment or repeal thereof;
(4)  recommend  to the superintendent the promulgation of any guidance
and regulations, not  inconsistent  with  the  law,  as  may  be  deemed
necessary, and the amendment or repeal thereof;
(5)   report  within  thirty  days  after  receipt,  on  any  proposed
regulations, amendments thereto, or repeal thereof, consistent with  the
protection  of consumers and the financial condition of insurers, at the
request of the superintendent; and
(6) consider all other matters determined  by  the  superintendent  to
further the department's mission in relation to the insurance industry.
(b)  The  advisory  board  shall  have no executive, administrative or
appointive powers or duties.