1.02.040 Absence of the Clerk
Should the elected Tribal Clerk be absent from the Tribe because of official business, illness, injury, personal emergency or vacation, a Deputy Clerk shall be designated to assume the duties and responsibilities of the Tribal Clerk. The Tribal Clerk shall not be absent from the Saint Regis Mohawk reservation or office during the Tribal Caucus, annual elections, and referendum votes unless there is a bona-fide personal emergency due to illness, or incapacity to perform the duties of the Office of the Tribal Clerk.