N.Y. Indian Law § 120: Election of trustees

§ 120. Election of trustees. The adult male members belonging to the

Shinnecock tribe of Indians in Suffolk county, who for the preceding six

months shall have resided on the reservation of said tribe, may meet on

the first Tuesday in April in each year, at the place of holding town

meetings in the town of Southampton, and by plurality of votes elect

three persons, belonging to such tribe, as trustees. The town clerk of

said town shall attend and preside at such meetings and shall enter in a

book kept by him for that purpose the names of the trustees chosen. He

shall also enter in such book the proceedings of such trustees and of

the justices of such town in reference to the allotment or leasing of

Indian lands.