§ 82. Vacancies in elective offices. If a vacancy shall occur in any
office of the Tonawanda nation, any chief of such nation may call a
special meeting of the chiefs thereof residing on such reservation, to
be held at one of their council houses, by a notice specifying the time
and place thereof, served on such chiefs personally or left at their
respective places of residence at least five days before the time of
such meeting. At such meeting the chiefs present shall appoint a clerk,
and by a majority vote shall elect a person to fill such vacancy for the
remainder of the unexpired term. The clerk of such meeting shall enter
and certify the result of such election in the register of elections.