N.Y. Transportation Corporations Law § 17: Construction over Indian reservation

§ 17. Construction over Indian reservation. A gas corporation, an

electric corporation or a gas and electric corporation may contract with

the chiefs of any nation of Indians over whose lands it may be necessary

to construct its gas or electric lines for the right to construct such

lines upon such lands, but no such contract shall vest in the

corporation the fee of such lands nor the right to occupy the same for

any purpose other than for the construction, operation and maintenance

of such lines, nor shall such contract be valid or effectual until the

same has been ratified by the county court of the county in which the

lands are situated and approved by the public service commission

pursuant to section sixty-eight of the public service commission law.