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    SECTION 41

    Enumeration of officers

    Indian (IND) CHAPTER 26, ARTICLE 4

    § 41. Enumeration of officers. The government of the Seneca nation by
    chiefs is abolished. Each nation shall have as officers a clerk and a
    treasurer. The Tonawanda nation shall have a marshal and three
    peacemakers. The Seneca nation shall have a marshal, three peacemakers,
    and eight councilors for each of its reservations, and a president. Each
    officer of each nation now in office shall continue in office until the
    expiration of the term for which he was chosen and until his successor
    shall be chosen.