N.Y. Indian Law § 45: The clerk

§ 45. The clerk. The clerk of each nation shall act as clerk at every

annual or special meeting thereof, and in the meetings of the council of

the nation. He shall have the custody of all the books, papers and

records belonging to such nation. The council of each nation shall

furnish the clerk thereof with a book, at the expense of the nation, in

which he shall enter all proceedings and the results of all elections at

every annual or special meeting of such nation; and all orders, rules,

regulations and certificates made or granted by the council of the

nation, and if of the Tonawanda nation, the names of the chiefs thereof.

Every certificate, order or other matter certified by the clerk to be a

true extract from his minutes shall be evidence thereof. The clerk shall

receive an annual salary of not exceeding fifty dollars, to be

determined by the council. The clerk of the Tonawanda nation shall also

act as clerk at all hearings before the peacemakers' courts, or any

other tribunal established by law on their reservation, and shall enter

in the record book of the peacemakers' courts all entries required to be

made therein.