§ 81. Attorney. 1. The state department of social services shall
appoint, with the advice and consent of the Tonawanda nation of Indians,
an attorney and counsellor of the supreme court for at least three years
to be the attorney for the Tonawanda nation of Indians, who shall be
paid by the state an annual salary of five hundred dollars. He shall
advise such Indians in relation to their affairs, and in relation to
controversies among themselves or with any other person; shall prosecute
such actions and proceedings for them, or any of them, as he may deem
proper and necessary; provided however that any refusal to prosecute
such actions and proceedings shall be reviewable by such department; and
shall, on a written complaint of a majority of the chiefs of such
nation, when any trespass has been committed on the lands of such
reservation, or any timber, wood or logs have been cut, carried away or
converted by any person, not an Indian, to his own use, immediately
commence the proper suit for recovery of such property or of damages for
such injury.

2. The state department of social services may provide additional
compensation to such attorney if it determines that the amount of
service provided exceeds the value of the annual compensation.
Additional compensation shall not exceed a total of one thousand dollars
annually.