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Article 1 - Short Title
1 - Short Title. - § 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as...
Article 2 - General Provisions
2 - New York State Indian Nations and Tribes. - § 2. New York state Indian nations and tribes. The...
3 - Power to Contract. - § 3. Power to contract. An Indian shall be liable...
4 - Marriage and Divorce. - § 4. Marriage and divorce. The laws of the state...
5 - Actions in State Courts. - § 5. Actions in state courts. Any action or special...
5-A - Surrender of Tribal Records. - § 5-a. Surrender of tribal records. 1. At the end...
6 - Exemption of Reservation Lands From Taxation. - § 6. Exemption of reservation lands from taxation. No taxes...
7 - Partition of Tribal Lands. - § 7. Partition of tribal lands. Any nation, tribe or...
7-A - Purchase of Lands of Indians. - § 7-a. Purchase of lands of Indians. No purchase or...
8 - Intrusion on Tribal Lands. - § 8. Intrusion on tribal lands. Except as otherwise provided...
9 - Residence of Other Indians on Tribal Lands. - § 9. Residence of other Indians on tribal lands. The...
10 - Licenses to Reside Upon Tribal Lands. - § 10. Licenses to reside upon tribal lands. A county...
11 - Trespasses on Tribal Lands. - § 11. Trespasses on tribal lands. An action may be...
11-A - Recovering Possession of Reservation Land. - § 11-a. Recovering possession of reservation land. In addition to...
12 - Highways on Tribal Lands. - § 12. Highways on tribal lands. Commissioners of highways of...
12-A - Indian Cemetery or Burial Grounds. - § 12-a. Indian cemetery or burial grounds. The office of...
13 - Powers of Departments of Charities and Education in Relation to Indians. - § 13. Powers of departments of charities and education in...
13-A - Payments for Indians. - § 13-a. Payments for Indians. Whenever it shall appear that...
14 - Trust Funds for Indians. - § 14. Trust funds for Indians. The departments of education...
15 - Freedom From Toll and Ferriage. - § 15. Freedom from toll and ferriage. The Indians of...
16 - Indian Settlement Agreements. - § 16. Indian settlement agreements. Notwithstanding any other provision of...
17 - . - § 17. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other provision of...
18 - Fire Corporations. - § 18. Fire corporations. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law,...
19 - Fire Protection Contracts. - § 19. Fire Protection Contracts. Notwithstanding any other provisions of...
Article 3 - The Onondaga Tribe
20 - Appointment, Term of Office and Qualifications of the Agent of the Onondaga Indians. - § 20. Appointment, term of office and qualifications of the...
21 - Duties of Agent. - § 21. Duties of agent. Such agent shall annually, on...
22 - Cutting and Removing Timber. - § 22. Cutting and removing timber. No person other than...
23 - Consent of Agent to Certain Contracts. - § 23. Consent of agent to certain contracts. Every contract...
24 - Leases. - § 24. Leases. An Indian residing on the Onondaga reservation...
26 - Plank-Road on Reservation. - § 26. Plank-road on reservation. All Indians residing on the...
28 - Keeping or Pasturing of Cattle; Damages; Penalty. - § 28. Keeping or pasturing of cattle; damages; penalty. Any...
Article 4 - The Seneca Indians
40 - Use of Terms. - § 40. Use of terms. In this chapter the Seneca...
41 - Enumeration of Officers. - § 41. Enumeration of officers. The government of the Seneca...
42 - Time and Place of Annual Election. - § 42. Time and place of annual election. There shall...
43 - Qualifications of Voters and Eligibility to Office. - § 43. Qualifications of voters and eligibility to office. Every...
44 - The Treasurer. - § 44. The treasurer. Within thirty days after his election...
45 - The Clerk. - § 45. The clerk. The clerk of each nation shall...
46 - Peacemakers' Courts. - § 46. Peacemakers' courts. The peacemakers for each of the...
47 - Record of Peacemakers. - § 47. Record of peacemakers. The peacemakers of each reservation...
48 - Costs and Fees. - § 48. Costs and fees. The fees of surrogates, peacemakers...
49 - Incompetency of Peacemakers. - § 49. Incompetency of peacemakers. A peacemaker shall not act...
50 - Appeals to Council of Seneca Nation. - § 50. Appeals to council of Seneca nation. Within twenty...
51 - Appeals From Peacemakers' Court of Tonawanda Nation. - § 51. Appeals from peacemakers' court of Tonawanda nation. An...
52 - Enforcement of Judgments. - § 52. Enforcement of judgments. If any party shall fail...
53 - The Marshal. - § 53. The marshal. The marshal shall execute all orders,...
54 - Prosecution of Actions and Disposition of Recovery. - § 54. Prosecution of actions and disposition of recovery. The...
55 - Allotment of Lands. - § 55. Allotment of lands. All lands on either the...
56 - Trees and Timber on Reservations. - (a) Any member of the Tonawanda nation may cut timber...
57 - Offering or Giving Bribes Prohibited. - § 57. Offering or giving bribes prohibited. Every person who...
58 - Acceptance of Bribes Prohibited. - § 58. Acceptance of bribes prohibited. Every officer enumerated in...
59 - Conveying Bribes Prohibited. - § 59. Conveying bribes prohibited. Every person who shall knowingly...
60 - Offenders Competent Witnesses; Witnesses' Immunity. - § 60. Offenders competent witnesses; witnesses' immunity. 1. Every person...
Article 5 - The Seneca Indians on the Allegany and Cattaraugus Reservations
70 - Confirmation of Nationality. - § 70. Confirmation of nationality. The Seneca Indians residing on...
71 - Exclusion of Villages From Reservations; Lease of Lands Therein; Certification of Copies of Leases Granted by the Seneca Nation of Indians and Recordi - § 71. Exclusion of villages from reservations; lease of lands...
72 - The President. - § 72. The president. The president of the Seneca nation...
73 - General Powers and Duties of the Council. - § 73. General powers and duties of the council. The...
75 - Vacancies in Elective Offices. - § 75. Vacancies in elective offices. If a vacancy occur...
77 - Police Officers at Annual Fair. - § 77. Police officers at annual fair. The board of...
78 - Leases and Rights of Way. - § 78. Leases and rights of way. 1. The Seneca...
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...
81 - Attorney. - § 81. Attorney. 1. The state department of social services...
82 - Vacancies in Elective Offices. - § 82. Vacancies in elective offices. If a vacancy shall...
83 - Leases for Agricultural Purposes. - § 83. Leases for agricultural purposes. 1. Any Indian who...
84 - Leases for the Extraction of Minerals, Oil or Natural Gas. - § 84. Leases for the extraction of minerals, oil or...
86 - Payment of Annuity. - § 86. Payment of annuity. The proportionate share of such...
87 - Indian Trespasses on Common Land. - § 87. Indian trespasses on common land. If any Indian...
88 - Encroachment by Indians on Occupied Lands. - § 88. Encroachment by Indians on occupied lands. Whenever complaint...
89 - Court of Impeachment. - § 89. Court of impeachment. The court of impeachment, as...
90 - Poles and Wires on Reservation. - § 90. Poles and wires on reservation. Any company may...
Article 7 - The Tuscarora Nation
95 - Allotment of Lands. - § 95. Allotment of lands. The chiefs or head men...
96 - Consent of Chiefs to Sales of Timber. - § 96. Consent of chiefs to sales of timber. Any...
97 - Indian Trespassers. - § 97. Indian trespassers. Any Indian who shall cut or...
98 - Illegal Sales of Timber and Trees. - § 98. Illegal sales of timber and trees. Every sale...
Article 8 - The Saint Regis Tribe
100 - Payment of Annuity. - § 100. Payment of annuity. The department of social welfare...
101 - The Clerk. - § 101. The clerk. 1. The clerk of the tribe...
102 - Allotment of Lands. - § 102. Allotment of lands. The chiefs or headmen of...
103 - Consent of Chiefs to Sale of Timber. - § 103. Consent of chiefs to sale of timber. Any...
104 - Indian Trespassers. - § 104. Indian trespassers. Any Indian who shall cut or...
105 - Illegal Sales of Timber, Trees and Stone. - § 105. Illegal sales of timber, trees and stone. Every...
106 - Jurisdiction of Council to Determine Disputes. - § 106. Jurisdiction of council to determine disputes. The chiefs...
107 - General Powers of Council. - § 107. General powers of council. The council of the...
108 - Qualifications of Voters. - § 108. Qualifications of voters. All Indians of the Saint...
109 - Officers of Tribes. - § 109. Officers of tribes. The chiefs or headmen, the...
110 - Election of Officers. - § 110. Election of officers. The election of the Saint...
111 - Conduct of Elections. - § 111. Conduct of elections. The clerk of the tribe...
112 - Canvass of Votes. - § 112. Canvass of votes. Upon the closing of the...
113 - Vacancies. - § 113. Vacancies. If a vacancy shall occur for any...
114 - St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Police. - (i) The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe shall indemnify and save...
Article 9 - The Shinnecock Tribe
120 - Election of Trustees. - § 120. Election of trustees. The adult male members belonging...
121 - Powers of Trustees. - § 121. Powers of trustees. Such trustees may allot the...
122 - Unlawful Use of Lands. - § 122. Unlawful use of lands. Any person, not of...
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...
151 - Qualifications of Voters. - § 151. Qualifications of voters. No person shall vote at...
152 - Qualifications for Office. - § 152. Qualifications for office. All officers shall qualify for...
153 - Survey of Tribal Land of the Poospatuck Tribe. - § 153. Survey of tribal land of the Poospatuck tribe....
Article 15 - Laws Repealed; When to Take Effect
200 - Laws Repealed. - § 200. Laws repealed. Of the laws enumerated in the...
201 - When to Take Effect. - § 201. When to take effect. This chapter shall take...