N.Y. Indian Law § 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.