Section 95. Allotment of lands  


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  • The chiefs or head men of the Tuscarora
      nation of Indians in the county of Niagara, in council, shall allot  and
      set  apart  for  any Indian or Indian family, making application and not
      possessing land, so  much  of  the  tribal  lands  as  they  shall  deem
      reasonable  and  just;  and no tribal lands shall be appropriated by any
      Indian to his own use, without such consent and allotment. Such  chiefs,
      in council, may appoint a clerk, who shall enter in a book kept for that
      purpose,  every  allotment  of tribal lands, set apart for any Indian or
      Indian family, and of the part thereof from which such Indian or  family
      may  sell timber and trees, and of the part he is permitted to clear for
      the purposes of cultivation.