N.Y. Transportation Corporations Law § 88: Over Indian reservations

§ 88. Over Indian reservations. Such corporations may contract with

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

to construct its pipe line for the right to construct the same 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 pipe line, 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.