§ 71. Exclusion of villages from reservations; lease of lands therein;\ncertification of copies of leases granted by the Seneca nation of\nIndians and recording thereof. Those parts of the Allegany reservation\nincluded in the villages of Vandalia, Carrollton, Great Valley,\nSalamanca, West Salamanca and Red House, as surveyed, located and\nestablished pursuant to an act of congress approved February nineteenth,\neighteen hundred and seventy-five, have been constituted parts of the\nseveral towns within which they are located, and all the general laws of\nthe state are extended over and apply to the same; except that this\nsection shall not authorize the taxation of any Indian or the property\nof any Indian, not a citizen of the United States. Lands in such\nvillages held under lease fro
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§ 71. Exclusion of villages from reservations; lease of lands therein;\ncertification of copies of leases granted by the Seneca nation of\nIndians and recording thereof. Those parts of the Allegany reservation\nincluded in the villages of Vandalia, Carrollton, Great Valley,\nSalamanca, West Salamanca and Red House, as surveyed, located and\nestablished pursuant to an act of congress approved February nineteenth,\neighteen hundred and seventy-five, have been constituted parts of the\nseveral towns within which they are located, and all the general laws of\nthe state are extended over and apply to the same; except that this\nsection shall not authorize the taxation of any Indian or the property\nof any Indian, not a citizen of the United States. Lands in such\nvillages held under lease from the Seneca nation of Indians shall be for\nall purposes considered a freehold estate, and the right of dower and\ntenancy by the courtesy shall attach thereto, and such lands, upon the\nintestacy of the holder, shall descend the same as a freehold of\ninheritance, except that solely for the purpose of taxation by the\nSalamanca Indian lease authority, the estate of a lessee shall be\nconsidered a chattel real. But the rights of the Indians in such leases\nshall descend as provided by the laws of the Seneca nation of Indians.\nWhen the original lease of any such lands already granted by the Seneca\nnation of Indians, pursuant to an act of Congress, and recorded in the\nbooks of Seneca national Indian leases kept by the clerk of said nation,\nor his successors or assigns in office, shall have been lost or\ndestroyed without the same having been recorded in the office of the\nclerk of the county of Cattaraugus, the owner of such lease, or any\nperson interested in the lands therein described, may apply to the clerk\nof said nation for a certified copy of such record of the same, and upon\nthe payment of the fees therefor, it shall be the duty of said clerk to\nfurnish such owner with a certified copy of said lease. Upon the\npresentation of a copy of any such lease, certified as aforesaid, to the\nclerk of Cattaraugus county, it shall be the duty of said clerk to\nrecord the same in the books provided in his office for the record of\nsuch Indian leases, upon the payment of the fees for recording the same.\nSuch copy of a lease certified as aforesaid shall be presumptive\nevidence of the facts set forth therein and shall be received in\nevidence on the trial of any action or proceeding in all the courts of\nthis state. The record of such a copy of a lease certified as aforesaid\nin the office of the clerk of the county of Cattaraugus shall have the\nsame force and effect as the record of the original lease, had it been\nrecorded. The said clerk shall receive for certifying the same the sum\nof one dollar and for making a copy of said lease the sum of twenty-five\ncents per folio, which fees shall belong to the said clerk.\n