Section 120. Election of trustees  


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  • The adult male members belonging to the
      Shinnecock tribe of Indians in Suffolk county, who for the preceding six
      months shall have resided on the reservation of said tribe, may meet  on
      the  first  Tuesday  in April in each year, at the place of holding town
      meetings in the town of Southampton, and by  plurality  of  votes  elect
      three  persons,  belonging to such tribe, as trustees. The town clerk of
      said town shall attend and preside at such meetings and shall enter in a
      book kept by him for that purpose the names of the trustees  chosen.  He
      shall  also  enter  in such book the proceedings of such trustees and of
      the justices of such town in reference to the allotment  or  leasing  of
      Indian lands.