N.Y. Indian Law § 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.