[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: 25CFR90.48]

[Page 282]
 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 90_ELECTION OF OFFICERS OF THE OSAGE TRIBE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 90.48  Notice of contest.

    It shall be the duty of the supervisor, to serve upon the contestee, 
or contestees, directly affected by such challenge or contest, a true 
copy of said written application, the original of which is required to 
be filed with the supervisor. Said service shall be made in person, 
where possible, within twenty-four hours after the filing of said 
original challenge or contest, and where personal service is impossible 
within such time, on account of the absence of contestee, or contestees, 
from Osage County, or for any other reason, it is hereby made the duty 
of the supervisor to serve a true copy upon the Superintendent of the 
Osage Indian Agency: Provided, That for the purpose of such constructive 
service, the Superintendent is hereby made and constituted the service 
agent of each and every candidate in all tribal elections, and by filing 
petition as a candidate, such candidate shall thereby be presumed 
conclusively to have accepted the terms and provisions hereof and 
specifically the constructive service as aforesaid.