28 NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL. 



Form 50 (revised to Mar. 1, 1913). 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

 FOREST SERVICE. 



Water Power. 



(Name of Forest.) 



(Name of applicant.) 

 (Use applied for.) 



(Date of priority of application.) 



PRELIMINARY POWER PERMIT. 



This preliminary power permit, issued this day of , 191, to the 



Company, hereinafter called " the per- 

 mittee," a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws 



of the State of , and having its office 



and principal place of business at , 



in the State of , witnesseth: That, 



Whereas the permittee filed with the district forester at 



, on the day of , 191__, an application for a 



preliminary power permit, in accordance with the regulations of the Secretary 

 of Agriculture, hereinafter called " the Secretary ; " 



And whereas the permittee, on the day of , 191, paid to the 



National Bank of (United States 



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



dollars ($ ) : 



Now, therefore, the conditions of this permit are as follows : 



ARTICLE 1. If the permittee shall, on or before the day of , 191, 



file with district forester at , in the 



manner prescribed by the regulations of the Secretary, a complete and final 

 application for a permit to occupy and use lands of the United States within 

 the National Forest, as shown upon a certain map exe- 

 cuted by , on the day of , 



191__, and made a part of the aforesaid preliminary application, for (1) 



reservoirs to be located approximately as shown upon the 



aforesaid map; (2) water conduits to be located between 



points of diversion and discharge, as approximately shown upon the aforesaid 



map; (3) power-house sites to be located approximately 



as shown on the aforesaid map; and (4) transmission 



lines to be located approximately as shown on the aforesaid map; then and 

 thereupon said final application shall, with reference to priority of application, 

 relate back and be effective as of the date of the aforesaid preliminary applica- 

 tion ; but final permit will not be issued unless the development proposed in 

 the final application is in general accord with the most beneficial utilization 

 of the resources involved and consistent with the public interest. 



ART. 2. If the permittee shall include in said final application National For- 

 est lands which comprehend developments not included within its preliminary 

 application, the priority of its application for such additional lands shall date 

 only from the date of the filing of said final application. 



ART. 3. The permittee shall pay annually in advance from the 1st day of 

 January, 191, until the date of the granting of the aforesaid final permit, to 



the National Bank of (United 



States depository) or such other Government depository or officer as may here- 

 after be legally designated, to be placed to the credit of the United States, a 

 charge for the priority rights granted under this permit, which charge shall 

 be calculated from the " rental capacity of the power site," as defined in the 

 regulations of the Secretary and as estimated at the time of granting this 

 permit, at a rate which shall be 10 cents per horsepower per year for the first 

 full calendar year under this permit, and which shall increase by 10 cents per 

 horsepower per year for each year thereafter until the date of the granting of 

 final permit as aforesaid. 



