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Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Code of Law.

7.07.060 Rights Conveyed by Assignment Conveyance

The due execution, delivery, and recording of a certificate of assignment shall vest in the assignee therein named, the right to occupy and exercise dominion and control over the assignment therein identified to the exclusion of the rights of other tribal members subject to the following:

(a) Any rights of the United States of America under federal laws that restrict alienation of Reservation lands for the benefit of the Tribe;

(b) The rights of the Tribe to assert its inherent police power with respect to assignees and assignments including, but not limited to, the adoption of tribal laws relating to land use control, building codes, and similar tribal laws whether of general application to the Reservation or to portions of an assignment;

(c) The rights of a loan program lender arising under an assignment mortgage;

(d) The rights of the Tribe for access over, under, into, and upon any assignment as may be necessary for governmental activities of the Tribe including, but not limited to, the provision of utilities for the benefit of tribal members;

(e) The rights of the Tribe in and to all timber, water, water courses, minerals, sand, gravel, and other natural resources located on the Reservation, which rights are reserved to the Tribe to be managed in accordance with tribal laws; and

(f) The rights of the Tribe in and to all ceremonial, burial, and sacred grounds, as they may be identified by the Tribal Council from time to time.