25 CFR § 117.13 - Telephone and telegraph messages.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s117.13"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 117.13 - Telephone and telegraph messages."
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "117.13"
section_name: "Telephone and telegraph messages."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES"
part_number: "117"
part_name: "DEPOSIT AND EXPENDITURE OF INDIVIDUAL FUNDS OF MEMBERS OF THE OSAGE TRIBE OF INDIANS WHO DO NOT HAVE CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301."
regulatory_source: "22 FR 10554, Dec. 24, 1957, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 47 FR 13327, Mar. 30, 1982."
cfr_part: "117"
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# 117.13 Telephone and telegraph messages.

The superintendent may expend the surplus funds of an Indian to make direct payment for telephone and telegraph messages sent by the agency or received at the agency at the instance of the Indian or his guardian or attorney.