New York Indian Law Article 4 - The Seneca Indians
- 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...
- 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...
- 42 - Time and Place of Annual Election.
There shall be a biennial election in the Seneca nation on the first Tuesday of November in each even numbered year. The voters residing on...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 46 - Peacemakers' Courts.
The peacemakers for each of the three reservations, the Allegany, the Cattaraugus and the Tonawanda reservations, shall respectively constitute the peacemakers' courts thereof, and the...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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,...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 54 - Prosecution of Actions and Disposition of Recovery.
The Seneca nation may prosecute by the name of "The Seneca Nation of Indians," actions and proceedings to protect their rights and interests to the...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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,...
Last modified: February 3, 2019