NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL LAWS. 13 



UNIFORM RULES AND REGULATIONS. 



By the Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, and War to carry out the provisions of 

 the act for the preservation of American antiquities, approved June 8, 1906. 



1. Jurisdiction over ruins, archaeological sites, historic and prehis- 

 toric monuments and structures, objects of antiquity, historic land- 

 marks, and other objects of historic or scientific interest, shall be exer- 

 cised under the act by the respective departments as follows: 



By the Secretary of Agriculture over lands within the exterior 

 limits of forest reserves; by the Secretary of War over lands within the 

 exterior limits of military reservations; by the Secretary of the Interior 

 over all other lands owned or controlled by the Government of the 

 United States, provided the Secretaries of War and Agriculture may, by 

 agreement, cooperate with the Secretary of the Interior in the super- 

 vision of such monuments and objects covered by the act of June 8, 

 1906, as may be located on lands near or adjacent to forest reserves and 

 military reservations, respectively. 



2. No permit for the removal of any ancient monument or structure 

 which can be permanently preserved under the control of the United 

 States in situ, and remain an object of interest, shall be granted. 



3. Permits for the examination of ruins, the excavation of archaeo- 

 logical sites, and the gathering of objects of antiquity will be granted, 

 by the respective Secretaries having jurisdiction, to reputable muse- 

 ums, universities, colleges, or other recognized scientific or educational 

 institutions, or to their duly authorized agents. 



4. No exclusive permits shall be granted for a larger area than the 

 applicant can reasonably be expected to explore fully and systemati- 

 cally within the time limit named in the permit. 



5. Each application for a permit should be filed with the Secretary 

 having jurisdiction, and must be accompanied by a definite outline of 

 the proposed work, indicating the name of the institution making the 

 request, the date proposed for beginning the field work, the length of 

 time proposed to be devoted to it, and the person who will have imme- 

 diate charge of the work. The application must also contain an exact 

 statement of the character of the work, whether examination, excava- 

 tion, or gathering, and the public museum in which the collections 

 made under the permit are to be permanently preserved. The appli- 

 cation must be accompanied by a sketch plan or description of the par- 

 ticular site or area to be examined, excavated, or searched, so definite 

 that it can be located on the map with reasonable accuracy. 



6. No permit will be granted for a period of more than three years, but 

 if the work has been diligently prosecuted under the permit the time 

 may be extended for proper cause upon application. 



7. Failure to begin work under a permit within six months after it is 

 granted, or failure to diligently prosecute such work after it has been 

 begun, shall make the permit void without any order or proceeding by 

 the Secretary having jurisdiction. 



8. Applications for permits shall be referred to the Smithsonian 

 Institution for recommendation. 



9. Every permit shall be in writing, and copies shall be transmitted 

 to the Smithsonian Institution and the field office in charge of the land 

 involved. The permittee will be furnished with a copy of these rules 

 and regulations. 



10. At the close of each season's field work the permittee shall report 

 in duplicate to the Smithsonian Institution, in such form as its Secre- 

 tary may prescribe, and shall prepare in duplicate a catalogue of the 

 collections and of the photographs made during the season, indicating 

 therein such material, if any, as may be available for exchange. 



11. Institutions and persons receiving permits for excavation shall, 

 after the completion of the work, restore the lands upon which they have 

 worked to their customary condition, to the satisfaction of the field 

 officer in charge. 



12. All permits shall be terminable at the discretion of the Secretary 

 having jurisdiction. 



13. The field officer in charge of the land owned or controlled by the 

 Government of the United States shall, from time to time, inquire and 

 report as to the existence, on or near such lands, of ruins and archgeo- 



