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Federal building is proposed ;it any place where rented quarters are occupied 

 by the Forest Service the District Forester will inform the Forester upon re- 

 quest of the amount of space needed in the new building and the amount of 

 rental (including light, heat, and janitor service), if any, being paid for quar- 

 ters. If it is contemplated to remove the offices to a town or city in which the 

 new Federal building is to be built, the amount of rental paid at the present 

 location should be given. The necessary memorandum to the Secretary of 

 Agriculture will be prepared in the Washington office. If no space is needed 

 in a new Federal building, this fact will be reported to the Forester. 



Signs. 



All quarters used by the Forest Service for the transaction of business with 

 the public, including ranger stations, must be equipped with suitable signs. A 

 sign that is approved for supervisors' offices is: 



FOREST SERVICE 

 IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



OFFICE OF 

 OLYMPIC NATIONAL FOREST. 



For a ranger station : 



IIUMPTULIPS RANGER STATION. 



It is often advisable, also, to give the name of the ranger in some appropriate 

 manner. 



Property Notices. 



All buildings owned by the Forest Service should have a property notice 

 posted in a conspicuous place. 



Use of Flag. 



District, supervisors', and rangers' offices and headquarters should be pro- 

 vided with facilities for flying the United States flag, different sizes of which 

 can be obtained on requisition. Even at temporary camps a flag calls to the 

 attention of passers-by the presence of Forest officers; its use in such cases is 

 recommended. 



Maintenance of Quarters. 



The Forest officer in immediate charge of buildings used by the Service will 

 be held responsible for the order and repair in which the buildings and grounds 

 are kept. When repairs or other work on quarters are needed, which can not 

 bo performed by the regular force, the necessary report and estimates should be 

 submitted, in accordance with the instructions for permanent improvements. 

 When necessary, expenses for janitor service for the care of National Forest 

 offices may be incurred. 



Equipment. 



Standard furniture and equipment for quarters must be obtained on requisi- 

 tion from the property clerk. Furniture and equipment for supervisors' or 

 rangers' quarters not furnished by the property clerk and costing more than 

 $10 (except stoves, drafting tables, and blue-print apparatus) can not bo pur- 

 chased without the approval of the District Forester. Principles of economy 

 should govern all Forest officers in expenditures for such equipment. 



THE ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN. 



THE FOREST FORCE. 



Responsibility for supervising the use of the National Forests and for pro- 

 tecting and improving them rests primarily upon the supervisors. The per- 

 sonnel on a National Forest will be determined by the District Forester from 

 annual estimates submitted by the supervisor. 



District Rangers. 



The routine work involved in the supervision of grazing, timber sale, free 

 use, special use, and other contracts and permits, the direction of the protection 

 and improvement plans, and the examination of and report on applications 

 for any use of the Forest, including settlement and other claims, will be per- 

 formed by rangers, who will be in entire charge of the work of such character 

 within their ranger districts. The number of ranger districts into which a 



