N.Y. Indian Law § 80: General powers and duties of council
Where this section sits in the code
- Indian Law
- 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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