Section 82. Vacancies in elective offices  


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  • If a vacancy shall occur in any
      office of the Tonawanda nation, any chief of  such  nation  may  call  a
      special  meeting  of the chiefs thereof residing on such reservation, to
      be held at one of their council houses, by a notice specifying the  time
      and  place  thereof,  served  on such chiefs personally or left at their
      respective places of residence at least five days  before  the  time  of
      such  meeting. At such meeting the chiefs present shall appoint a clerk,
      and by a majority vote shall elect a person to fill such vacancy for the
      remainder of the unexpired term. The clerk of such meeting  shall  enter
      and certify the result of such election in the register of elections.