New York § 45 - 45The clerk
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§ 45. 45The clerk
§ 45. The clerk. The clerk of each nation shall act as clerk at every annual or special meeting thereof, and in the meetings of the council of the nation. He shall have the custody of all the books, papers and records belonging to such nation. The council of each nation shall furnish the clerk thereof with a book, at the expense of the nation, in which he shall enter all proceedings and the results of all elections at every annual or special meeting of such nation; and all orders, rules, regulations and certificates made or granted by the council of the nation, and if of the Tonawanda nation, the names of the chiefs thereof. Every certificate, order or other matter certified by the clerk to be a true extract from his minutes shall be evidence thereof. The clerk shall receive an annual salary of not exceeding fifty dollars, to be determined by the council. The clerk of the Tonawanda nation shall also act as clerk at all hearings before the peacemakers' courts, or any other tribunal established by law on their reservation, and shall enter in the record book of the peacemakers' courts all entries required to be made therein.
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