N.Y. Indian Law § 81: Attorney

§ 81. Attorney. 1. The state department of social services shall

appoint, with the advice and consent of the Tonawanda nation of Indians,

an attorney and counsellor of the supreme court for at least three years

to be the attorney for the Tonawanda nation of Indians, who shall be

paid by the state an annual salary of five hundred dollars. He shall

advise such Indians in relation to their affairs, and in relation to

controversies among themselves or with any other person; shall prosecute

such actions and proceedings for them, or any of them, as he may deem

proper and necessary; provided however that any refusal to prosecute

such actions and proceedings shall be reviewable by such department; and

shall, on a written complaint of a majority of the chiefs of such

nation, when any trespass has been committed on the lands of such

reservation, or any timber, wood or logs have been cut, carried away or

converted by any person, not an Indian, to his own use, immediately

commence the proper suit for recovery of such property or of damages for

such injury.

2. The state department of social services may provide additional

compensation to such attorney if it determines that the amount of

service provided exceeds the value of the annual compensation.

Additional compensation shall not exceed a total of one thousand dollars

annually.