N.Y. Indian Law § 23: Consent of agent to certain contracts

§ 23. Consent of agent to certain contracts. Every contract which

shall be made without the written consent of the agent of the Onondaga

Indians, by any person other than an Indian, with any Indian of the

Onondaga tribe, or with any Indian of any other nation or tribe residing

or living with such Indians, for or concerning any stone, or any wood,

timber or bark on the tribal lands of such nation, or that has been

taken or removed from such lands, shall be void; and any person who,

without such consent, shall receive from any such Indian or other

person, any such stone, wood, timber or bark, on such reservation, or

removed therefrom, knowing the same to have been taken or removed

therefrom, shall be liable to a penalty of five times the value of such

property, recoverable by the agent of such tribe, in the name of the

people of the state, and payable upon recovery, after he has deducted

his fees and the reasonable costs and expenses of collection, to the

chiefs of such tribe for the benefit of the tribe.