Section 23. Consent of agent to certain contracts

Every contract which
  shall be made without the written consent of the agent of  the  Onondaga
  Indians,  by  any  person  other  than an Indian, with any Indian of the
  Onondaga tribe, or with any Indian of any other nation or tribe residing
  or living with such Indians, for or concerning any stone, or  any  wood,
  timber  or  bark  on  the  tribal lands of such nation, or that has been
  taken or removed from such lands, shall be void;  and  any  person  who,
  without  such  consent,  shall  receive  from  any  such Indian or other
  person, any such stone, wood, timber or bark, on  such  reservation,  or
  removed  therefrom,  knowing  the  same  to  have  been taken or removed
  therefrom, shall be liable to a penalty of five times the value of  such
  property,  recoverable  by  the  agent of such tribe, in the name of the
  people of the state, and payable upon recovery, after  he  has  deducted
  his  fees  and  the  reasonable costs and expenses of collection, to the
  chiefs of such tribe for the benefit of the tribe.