N.Y. IND Law § 100

§ 100. Payment of annuity. The department of social welfare shall\nannually pay to the clerk of the Saint Regis tribe out of moneys\nappropriated therefor by the legislature, any amount due to such tribe\npursuant to the terms of existing agreements between the state and such\nIndians. Before receiving any such money, such clerk shall execute a\nbond to the Saint Regis tribe in double the amount of the money payable\nto him. Such bond shall be approved as to form, amount and sufficiency\nof sureties by the county judge of Franklin county. The council of\nchiefs of the Saint Regis tribe may, in case of default, delinquency or\nmisconduct of such clerk, maintain an action upon such bond. Before\nreceiving any such money, the clerk shall also prepare under the\ndirection of the chiefs an annual roll of the members of the Saint Regis\ntribe who are eligible to receive annuity money, including therein the\nname and post-office address of each such member, and file copies of\nsuch roll in the offices of the department of social welfare and the\ncounty clerk of Franklin county. The department of social welfare shall\nnot in any manner be charged with or be responsible for the distribution\nor expenditure of such annuity money by such tribe or any officials\nthereof.\n