[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 25, Volume 1] [Revised as of April 1, 2001] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 25CFR21.2] [Page 100] TITLE 25--INDIANS CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PART 21--ARRANGEMENT WITH STATES, TERRITORIES, OR OTHER AGENCIES FOR RELIEF OF DISTRESS AND SOCIAL WELFARE OF INDIANS--Table of Contents Sec. 21.2 Contracts; by whom executed. All contracts executed for the purposes of Sec. 21.1 shall be signed on behalf of the United States by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. The proper officer of the State, territory, county or welfare agency shall execute the contract on its behalf. Evidence of the authority of such officer must accompany the contract. All contracts must be executed in quintuplicate. (They shall become effective only after approval by the Secretary of the Interior.)