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within 90 days from the date of the letter. No charge will be made 

 for rights of way for telephone or telegraph lines. 



Upon the receipt of the executed stipulation, and if the applica- 

 tion is for a power transmission line, the receipt of notification from 

 the district fiscal agent that payment has been made, the district 

 forester will send the original of Form 861 to the applicant and will 

 send to the chief engineer two copies of the complete application, 

 both original tracings, two prints of the tracings, and three copies 

 of the stipulation (including the file copy), and the correspondence 

 file. 



The chief engineer, if he approves the application and form of 

 stipulation, will initial the file copy, and after retaining one copy 

 of the application, one copy of the stipulation, and one print of the 

 map of location for his files, will forward the remaining papers to 

 the Forester. 



Upon the receipt of the papers the Forester will, if he approves 

 the application and the form of stipulation, forward the same to 

 the Secretary for his signature. The indorsement by the Secretary 

 upon the original tracings will constitute the grant of the right of 

 way applied for. 



Upon the return of the papers from the Forester, the district 

 forester will forward to the grantee one original tracing and will 

 retain the other for his own files. He will also inform the chief 

 engineer by letter of the date and the signature constituting the 

 approval of the Secretary. 



If the application involves both National Forest -and Interior De- 

 >artment lands, the case will be handled in a manner similar to that 

 outlined for preliminary applications for power transmission lines 

 under the act of February 15, 1901. (See p. 53.) 



COPIES OF MAPS FOB GENERAL LAND OFFICE. 



After the issuance of any permit for the occupancy and use for 

 power purposes of National Forest lands only, and after the approval 

 of any grant for rights of way across such lands under the act of 

 March 4, 1911, the district forester will send to the Forester one print 

 copy of the general map of location for the Commissioner of the 

 General Land Office. The map will be accompanied by a letter pre- 

 pared for the signature of the Forester. The letter will state the 

 date on which the permit was issued or the grant approved, the 

 duration of the permit or the grant, the character of the use, the 

 name and address of the applicant, and the date of priority. The 

 commissioner makes entry of such permits and grants on the tract 

 books of the Land Office. After such entry the final disposal of the 

 tract traversed by the right of way will not be considered a revocation 

 of the permit or of the grant, but such final disposal will be subject 

 to such permit or grant, unless or until the permit or the grant shall 

 have been specifically revoked, as provided for in the act of Febru- 

 ary 15, 1901 (31 Stat, 790), or in the act of March 4, 1911 (36 Stat., 

 1253) , respectively. (See letter of the Secretary to the Commissioner 

 of the General Land Office, Aug. 23, 1912, 41 L. D.) 



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