Expenses incurred pending qualification of an executor or administrator.

§ 117.26 Expenses incurred pending qualification of an executor or administrator. Pending the qualification of the executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased Indian of one-half or more Indian blood who did not have a certificate of competency at the time of his death, the superintendent may authorize the extension of credit for the following purposes, subject to allowance of claims by the executor or administrator and approval thereof by the court: (a) Funeral expenses, including the cost of a funeral feast, in an amount not to exceed $1,000. (b) Necessary expenses in hearings before the Osage Agency involving the approval or disapproval of last wills and testaments. (c) Expenses necessary to preserve restricted property.