N.Y. Indian Law § 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.