[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 25CFR117.1]

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                            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 
 
Sec. 117.1  Definitions.

OSAGE TRIBE OF INDIANS WHO DO NOT HAVE CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY--Table 
of Contents




Sec.
117.1 Definitions.
117.2 Payment of taxes of adult Indians.
117.3 Payment of taxes of Indians under 21 years of age.
117.4 Disbursement of allowance funds.
117.5 Procedure for hearings to assume supervision of expenditure of 
          allowance funds.
117.6 Allowance for minors.
117.7 Disbursement or expenditure of surplus funds.
117.8 Purchase of land.
117.9 Construction and repairs.
117.10 Purchase of automotive equipment.
117.11 Insurance.
117.12 Costs of recording and conveyancing.
117.13 Telephone and telegraph messages.
117.14 Miscellaneous expenditure of surplus funds.
117.15 Collections from insurance companies.
117.16 Reimbursement to surplus funds.
117.17 Inactive surplus funds accounts.
117.18 Withdrawal and payment of segregated trust funds.
117.19 Debts of Indians.
117.20 Purchase orders.
117.21 Fees and expenses of attorneys.
117.22 Disbursements to legal guardians.
117.23 Transactions between guardian and ward.
117.24 Compensation for guardians and their attorneys.
117.25 Charges for services to Indians.
117.26 Expenses incurred pending qualification of an executor or 
          administrator.
117.27 Custody of funds pending administration of estates.
117.28 Payment of claims against estates.
117.29 Sale of improvements.
117.30 Sale of personal property.
117.31 Removal of restrictions from personal property.
117.32 Funds of Indians of other tribes.
117.33 Signature of illiterates.
117.34 Financial status of Indians confidential.
117.35 Appeals.

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301.

    Source: 22 FR 10554, Dec. 24, 1957, unless otherwise noted. 
Redesignated at 47 FR 13327, Mar. 30, 1982.


    When used in the regulations in this part the following words or 
terms shall have the meaning shown below:
    (a) Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior or his authorized 
representative.
    (b) Commissioner means the Commissioner of Indian Affairs or his 
authorized representative.
    (c) Superintendent means the superintendent of the Osage Agency.
    (d) Quarterly payment means the payment of not to exceed $1,000 
which is made each fiscal quarter to or on behalf of an adult Indian, 
from the following sources:
    (1) The pro rata distribution of tribal mineral income and other 
tribal revenues.
    (2) The interest on segregated trust funds.
    (3) Surplus funds in addition to the income from the foregoing 
sources in the amount necessary to aggregate $1,000 when the income from 
those sources is less than $1,000 and the Indian has a balance of 
accumulated surplus funds in excess of $10,000.
    (e) Surplus funds means all those moneys and securities readily 
convertible into cash, except allowance funds and segregated trust 
funds, which are held to the credit of an Indian at the

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Osage Agency and which may be disbursed, expended or invested only upon 
authorization by the Secretary. The term includes:
    (1) That portion of the quarterly distribution of tribal income and 
interest on segregated trust funds, in excess of $1,000, belonging to an 
adult Indian.
    (2) The proceeds, including appreciation, of the sale or conversion 
of restricted real or personal property (other than partition sales).
    (3) Payments made by insurance companies or others for loss or 
damage to restricted real or personal property.
    (4) All moneys and securities, other than segregated trust funds, to 
the credit of an Indian who is less than 21 years of age (except the 
income from restricted lands payable as provided by Sec. 117.3).
    (5) Funds and securities placed to the credit of an Indian upon the 
distribution of an Osage estate.
    (f) Allowance funds means that income payable to or on behalf of a 
living adult Indian, the expenditure and disbursement of which is not 
subject to supervision unless authorized pursuant to the procedure 
contained in Sec. 117.5. The term includes:
    (1) The quarterly payment in an amount not to exceed $1,000.
    (2) The rentals and income from restricted lands owned by the 
Indian.
    (3) The rentals and income from restricted lands owned by the minor 
children of the Indian, as provided in Sec. 117.3.
    (4) Income from investments.
    (5) Interest on deposits to the credit of the Indian.
    (g) Segregated trust funds means those moneys held in the United 
States Treasury at interest to the credit of an Indian which represent 
pro rata shares of the segregation of tribal trust funds and the 
proceeds of the partition of restricted lands.