[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
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[CITE: 25CFR117.24]

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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. 117.24  Compensation for guardians and their attorneys.

    (a) The superintendent may approve compensation for services 
rendered by the guardian of an Indian on an annual basis, the amount of 
the compensation to be determined by application of the following 
schedule to the moneys collected by the guardian:

First $1,000 or portion thereof, not to exceed 10 percent.
Second $1,000 or portion thereof, not to exceed 9 percent.
Third $1,000 or portion thereof, not to exceed 8 percent.
Fourth $1,000 or portion thereof, not to exceed 7 percent.
Fifth $1,000 or portion thereof, not to exceed 6 percent.
Sixth $1,000 or portion thereof, not to exceed 5 percent.
Seventh $1,000 or portion thereof, not to exceed 4 percent.
Eighth $1,000 or portion thereof, not to exceed 3 percent.
Ninth $1,000 or portion thereof, not to exceed 2 percent.
All above $9,000 not to exceed 1 percent.

    (b) Balance carried forward from previous reports and moneys 
received by a guardian or his attorney as compensation shall be excluded 
in determining the compensation of the guardian or his attorney.
    (c) The attorney for a guardian shall be allowed compensation in an 
amount equal to one-half of the amount allowed the guardian under the 
foregoing schedule except when such attorney is himself the guardian and 
acting as his own attorney, in which event he shall be allowed a fee of 
not to exceed one-fourth of the amount allowed the guardian under the 
foregoing schedule in addition to the fee as guardian.
    (d) The superintendent may in his discretion permit the guardian to 
collect rentals from restricted city or town properties belonging to his 
ward.