Section 81. Attorney  


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  • 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.