[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 25CFR117.33]

[Page 353]
 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 117--DEPOSIT AND EXPENDITURE OF INDIVIDUAL FUNDS OF MEMBERS OF THE OSAGE TRIBE OF INDIANS WHO DO NOT HAVE CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 117.33  Signature of illiterates.

    An Indian who cannot write shall be required to endorse checks 
payable to his order and sign receipts or other documents by making an 
imprint of the ball of the right thumb (or the left, if he has lost his 
right) after his name. This imprint shall be clear and distinct, showing 
the central whorl and striations and witnessed by two reputable persons 
whose addresses shall be given opposite or following their names. An 
Indian may sign by marking ``X'' before two witnesses where he is unable 
to attach his thumb mark for physical reasons.