WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

AUTHORIZED CUSTODIAN OF THE RECORDS OF THE MEMBERSHIP ROLLS OF
THE APPLICABLE INDIAN TRIBE, BAND, GROUP, OR CLAN.

(II) THE GOVERNOR MAY REQUIRE THE PRODUCTION OF
ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO PROVE:

1. THE STANDING OR HISTORY OF THE INDIAN
TRIBE, BAND, GROUP, OR CLAN OF WHICH AN APPLICANT CLAIMS
MEMBERSHIP; OR

2. THE QUALIFICATIONS OF AN INDIVIDUAL
APPLICANT.

(3) (I) ANY PERSON WHO, IN ANY MATTER WITHIN THE
SCOPE OF THIS SECTION, KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY FALSIFIES OR
CONCEALS, BY ANY TRICK, SCHEME, OR DEVICE, A MATERIAL FACT, OR
MAKES ANY FALSE, FICTITIOUS, OR FRAUDULENT STATEMENTS OR
REPRESENTATIONS, OR MAKES OR USES ANY FALSE WRITING OR DOCUMENT
KNOWING THE WRITING OR DOCUMENT CONTAINS ANY FALSE, FICTITIOUS,
OR FRAUDULENT STATEMENT OR ENTRY, IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR.

(II) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW, A
PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO A FINE OF NOT MORE
THAN $1,000, OR IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 6 MONTHS, OR BOTH.

5-405.

(a) The Commissioners, subject to the approval of the
Secretary, shall appoint, from without their number, [and] AN
administrator of the Commission.

5-406.

(A) THE COMMISSION IS AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE FORMAL

RECOGNITION OF MARYLAND INDIAN STATUS TO A NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE,
BAND, OR GROUP WHICH IS INDIGENOUS TO MARYLAND, PROVIDED THAT THE
TRIBE, BAND, OR GROUP HAS PROVEN TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE
COMMISSION THAT IT MEETS THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:

(1) THE PETITIONING GROUP HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED FROM
HISTORICAL TIMES UNTIL THE PRESENT AS "AMERICAN INDIAN" OR
"ABORIGINAL";

(2) THE MEMBERS OF THE PETITIONING GROUP ARE

DESCENDANTS FROM A TRIBE WHICH EXISTED HISTORICALLY AND IS EITHER

INDIGENOUS TO MARYLAND OR DERIVED FROM HISTORICAL TRIBES

INDIGENOUS TO MARYLAND WHICH COMBINED AND FUNCTIONED AS A SINGLE
ENTITY;

(3) THE MEMBERS OF THE PETITIONING GROUP ARE

DESCENDANTS OF AN INDIAN TRIBE WHICH HISTORICALLY INHABITED A
SPECIFIC AREA IN MARYLAND;

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