144 Forestry Quarterly, 



or down, and live timber to be marked 



("Sufficient," if sale is by amount.) 



for cutting by a Forest officer 



("To produce a total value of $ " if sale 



located on an area to be definitely designated by the 



is by amount.) 



Forest officer before cutting begins in 



(If sale is by area, give approximate 



location and describe by relation to some well-known landmarks, stream, etc. ; legal sub- 

 division, if surveyed, and appro.ximate legal subdivision, if unsurveyed.) 



estimated to be 



(If sale is by area, give quantity, species, material.) 



more or less, 



subject to the following conditions : 



1. The purchaser shall pay in advance of cutting to the 



National Bank of (U. S. De- 

 pository), to be placed to the credit of the United States, the sum of 



Dollars, 



payment in full for this timber at the rate of 



(Per M feet B. M., cord, or 



lineal foot, etc.) 



2. The purchaser shall comply with all the laws and regulations govern- 

 ing National Forests. No timber shall be removed until it has been scaled, 

 measured, or counted, and stamped by a Forest officer. Scaling will be 

 done as often as is practicable in the judgment of the Forest officer while 

 cutting is in progress. The purchaser and his employees shall do all in 

 tJieir power, both independently and upon request of Forest officers, to pre- 

 vent and suppress forest fires ; shall dispose of brush and other refuse as 

 required by Forest officers ; and shall pay the United States for any un- 

 necessary damage resulting from this sale. Unmarked green trees injured 

 through carelessness, and all trees cut in violation of the terms of sale, 

 shall be paid for at twice the price herein specified. All timber shall be 

 cut and removed within the time specified above. All merchantable dead 

 timber and all marked live trees shall be cut; if left uncut or if cut and 

 not removed from the National Forest before the expiration of tJie time 

 fixed for removal, tjiey shall be paid for at twice the price herein specified. 

 The purchaser agrees to repair all damages done to roads and trails in 

 execution of this agreement. This sale is subject to all valid claims and 

 contracts. 



3. Stumps shall not be cut higher than inches, lower when 



possible, and shall be so cut as to cause the least possible waste. 



4. All trees cut shall be utilized to a diameter of inches in the 



tops — lower when possible — and the log lengths so varied as to make this 

 possible. 



(Insert special conditions, if any, such as maximum scaling length, felling of trees 



constituting a fire menace, etc.) 



