Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indian Tribe, Tribal Code
Last amended: 1999
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
TORRES-MARTINEZ
INDIAN RESERVATION, CALIF.
Ordinance Legalizing the Introduction, Sale, or Possession of Intoxicants
September 7, 1972
In accordance with authority delegated by the Secretary of Indian Affairs
to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs by 230 DM 2 and accordance with
the Act of August 15, 1953, Public Law 277 83d Congress, first session
(67 Stat. 586), I certify that the following ordinance relating to the
application of the Federal Indian Liquor Laws on the Torres-Martinez
Indian Reservation, Calif., was adopted on February 27, 1972, by the
Torres-Martinez Tribal Business Committee, which has jurisdiction over
the area of Indian country included in the ordinance, reading as follows:
Whereas Public Law 277, 83d Congress, approved August 15, 1953, provides that section 1154, 1156, 3113, 3488, and 3618 of title 18, United States Code, commonly referred to as the Federal Indian Liquor Laws, shall not apply to any act or transaction within any area of Indian country provided such act or transaction is in conformity with both 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
Now, therefore, be it hereby resolved, That the introduction, sale, or possession of intoxicating beverages shall be lawful within the Indian country under the jurisdiction of the Torres-Martinez Band, provided, that such introduction, sale, or possession, is in conformity with the laws of California, and
Be it further resolved, That any tribal laws, resolutions, or ordinances, heretofore enacted which prohibit the sale, introduction, or possession of intoxicating beverages are hereby repealed.
John O.
Crow
Deputy Commissioner of Indian Affairs
(Federal Register, VOL. 37, No. 180--Friday, September 15, 1972)