§ 23. Consent of agent to certain contracts. Every contract which
shall be made without the written consent of the agent of the Onondaga
Indians, by any person other than an Indian, with any Indian of the
Onondaga tribe, or with any Indian of any other nation or tribe residing
or living with such Indians, for or concerning any stone, or any wood,
timber or bark on the tribal lands of such nation, or that has been
taken or removed from such lands, shall be void; and any person who,
without such consent, shall receive from any such Indian or other
person, any such stone, wood, timber or bark, on such reservation, or
removed therefrom, knowing the same to have been taken or removed
therefrom, shall be liable to a penalty of five times the value of such
property, recoverable by the agent of such tribe, in the name of the
people of the state, and payable upon recovery, after he has deducted
his fees and the reasonable costs and expenses of collection, to the
chiefs of such tribe for the benefit of the tribe.