[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: 25CFR89.5]

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                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 89--ATTORNEY CONTRACTS WITH INDIAN TRIBES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 89.5  Fees and expenses.

    Funds held in the treasury of an organized tribe may be used by the 
tribe for payment of fees and expenses of an attorney. A contract 
providing for payment of fees and/or expenses should be accompanied by 
an appropriation act passed by the governing body of the tribe in 
accordance with the requirements of the tribal constitution or charter, 
appropriating sufficient tribal funds for payment of fees and/or 
expenses as provided by the contract. The amount of tribal funds held in 
the tribal treasury, not otherwise appropriated and available for 
payment of fees and expenses, should be stated.

[22 FR 10538, Dec. 24, 1957. Redesignated at 47 FR 13327, Mar. 30, 1982]