N.Y. IND Law § 101

§ 101. The clerk. 1. The clerk of the tribe shall receive all moneys\nbelonging to such tribe, including moneys due from the state and due on\nany tribal lands leased by the tribe for its benefit. He shall pay out\nmoneys only upon the warrant of a majority of the chiefs of the tribe,\nwhich warrant the clerk shall retain as a voucher. At least five days\nbefore the annual election, he shall report to the council an account of\nthe moneys received and expended by him with the vouchers for such\nexpenditures. He shall be entitled to receive for his services an amount\nto be fixed by the majority of the chiefs of the tribe, payable out of\nmoneys disbursed by him.\n 2. The clerk, after setting aside sufficient funds for disbursements\nrequired to be made by law shall pay to individual members or heads of\nfamilies of the tribe the per capita shares of tribal members in such\nannuity money unless, at a general meeting of the qualified voters of\nsuch tribe duly called and held during such year and prior to the\ndistribution of such money, a majority of the qualified voters shall\napprove the expenditure of all or part of such moneys for one or more\ntribal projects, in which event the amount or amounts so approved for\npayment on account of such project or projects shall be paid in\naccordance with such vote and any balance of such annuity money\nremaining shall be added to the tribal funds.\n