NY INDIAN § 80. General powers and duties of council

The council of the Tonawanda nation may determine upon the laying out and working of roads and highways, and may make by-laws for the regulation of such work;  may pass by-laws and ordinances, not inconsistent with law, for the protection and improvement of the common land of the nation;  for the regulation of fences;  and for the prevention of trespasses by cattle and other domestic animals;  and may provide a penalty of not exceeding five dollars, for the violation of any such by-law or ordinance, recoverable for the benefit of such nation by any chief or officer thereof, in any justice's court of the county of Genesee.