Timber Sale Contract Clauses. 145 



The title to the timber included in this sale shall remain in the United 

 States until it has been paid for and scaled, measured, or counted, as 

 herein provided. 



Work may be suspended by the Forest officer in charge if the condi- 

 tions and requirements of this sale are disregarded, and the failure to 

 comply with any one of said conditions and requirements, if persisted in, 

 shall be sufficient cause for the District Forester to rescind this agree- 

 ment and to cancel all permits for other privileges. 



No Member of or Delegate to Congress, or Resident Commissioner, 

 after his election or appointment, and either before or after he has quali- 

 fied, and during his continuance in office, shall be admitted to any share 

 or part of tliis contract or agreement, or to any benefit to arise there- 

 upon. Nothing, however, herein contained shall be construed to extend to 

 any incorporated company, where such contract or agreement is made for 

 the general benefit of such incorporation or company. (Section 3741, Re- 

 vised Statutes, and Sections 114 to 116, Act of March 4, 1909.) 



Refunds of deposits under this sale will be made only at the discre- 

 tion of the District Forester. 



This agreement is non-assignable. 



None of the terms of this agreement can be varied or modified, except 

 with the written consent of the approving officer. The decision of the Dis- 

 trict Forester shall be final in the interpretation of the terms of sale. 



Ail moneys paid under this agreement shall, upon failure on the part 

 of the purchaser to fulfill, all and singular, tJie conditions and require- 

 ments herein set forth, be retained by the United States, to be applied as 

 far as may be to the satisfaction of the purchaser's obligations hereunder. 



Signed in duplicate tJiis day of , 191 . 



(Corporate seal, if corporation.) 

 Witness : 



(Signature of purchaser.) 

 Approved at , under the above conditions, , 191 



(Signature of approving officer.) 

 (Title. ')' 



It is in the contract for advertised timber that one finds rules 

 and regulations governing every conceivable point in the conduct 

 of the sale. According to the Manual instructions : deposits must 

 be made before the contract is executed ; promptness of execution 

 is desirable ; Form 202 will be used in the preparation of contracts 

 with the insertion of the necessary special clauses ; proper evi- 

 dence of authority to sign contracts on behalf of a corporation is 

 required. In order to avoid unpleasant misunderstandings it is 

 the practice to explain requirements fully to purchasers before 

 applications are made. These applications which contain essen- 

 tially the same rules and regulations as the contract, are signed 

 before the timber is advertised. If modified by superior officers 

 changes are also fully explained to the applicant. It has often 

 been found advisable to actually demonstrate contract require- 

 ments in the woods where the applicant is unfamiliar with federal 



