Section BUS.01.01 — Introduction

WHEREAS, Public Law 277, 83^rd Congress, 1^st Session, approved August 15, 1953 and codified at sec. 1161 of Title 18, United States Code, provides that Sections 1154, 1156, 3113, 3488, 3618 of Title 18 of the United States Code shall not apply within any area that is not Indian Country, nor to any act or transaction within any area of Indian Country, provided such act or transaction is in conformity both with the laws of the State in which such act or transaction occurs and with an ordinance duly adopted by the Tribe having jurisdiction over such area of Indian Country, certified by the Secretary of the Interior, and published in the Federal Register; and

WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Tribal Council of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community of Wisconsin to adopt a liquor control ordinance in the Indian Country that lies within the jurisdiction of the Community; and

WHEREAS, the Tribal Council of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community of Wisconsin has the authority to adopt ordinances regulating liquor in the Indian Country that lies within the jurisdiction of the Community, by virtue of the provisions of Article VII, sections 11(a), (e) and (h) of the Constitution of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community of Wisconsin, adopted October 30, 1937;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Tribal Council of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community of Wisconsin authorizes the issuance of licenses for sale of alcohol beverages within the Indian Country that lies within the jurisdiction of the Community, provided: