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N.Y. Indian Law § 80: General powers and duties of council

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  1. Indian Law
  2. Article 6. The Seneca Indians On the Tonawanda Reservation

§ 80. General powers and duties of council. The council of the

Tonawanda nation may determine upon the laying out and working of roads

and highways, and may make by-laws for the regulation of such work; may

pass by-laws and ordinances, not inconsistent with law, for the

protection and improvement of the common land of the nation; for the

regulation of fences; and for the prevention of trespasses by cattle and

other domestic animals; and may provide a penalty of not exceeding five

dollars, for the violation of any such by-law or ordinance, recoverable

for the benefit of such nation by any chief or officer thereof, in any

justice's court of the county of Genesee.

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