10 NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL GRAZING. 



REFUNDS. 



Reg. G-6. Grazing fees will not be refunded for nonuse of the 

 permit, except when, in the opinion of the District Forester, the 

 applicant is prevented from using the range by circumstances over 

 which he has no control, or his range is trespassed upon, or renewal 

 of permit is allowed to a purchaser of the stock. 



QUALIFICATIONS OF APPLICANTS. 



Reg. G-7. Grazing permits will be issued only to persons entitled 

 to share in the use of the range within National Forests by virtue of 

 prior use and occupancy of National Forest lands for grazing pur- 

 poses; or by local residence, ownership of improved ranch property 

 within or near the Forest, and dependence upon the range ; or by the 

 acquisition of stock grazed upon National Forest lands under permit 

 and of improved ranch property used in connection with the stock, 

 under circumstances which warrant an entire or partial renewal of 

 the permit issued to the former owner, except when there is surplus 

 range, in which case temporary permits may be issued to owners of 

 transient stock. 



Nonuse of a range during one year, except as authorized by the 

 District Forester, will be sufficient grounds lor the denial of grazing 

 privileges. 



PREFERENCE S. 



Reg. G-8. Citizens of the United States will be given preference 

 in the use of the National Forests, but persons who are not citizens 

 may be allowed grazing permits provided they are bona fide residents 

 and owners of improved ranch property either within or adj acent to 

 a National Forest. 



Regular occupants of the range who own and reside upon improved 

 ranch property in or near National Forests will be given first con- 

 sideration, but will be limited to a number which will not exclude 

 regular occupants who reside or whose stock are wintered at a greater 

 distance from the National Forests. With this provision applicants 

 for grazing permits will be given preference in the following order: 



Class A: Persons owning and residing upon improved ranch 

 property within or near a National Forest who are dependent upon 

 the National Forest for range and who do not own more than the 

 established protective limit number of stock. 



Class B : Regular users of National Forest range who own numbers 

 of stock in excess of the established protective limits, or who do not 

 own improved ranch property within or near a National Forest. 



Class C: Persons who are not regular users of National Forest 

 range and who do not own improved ranch property within or near a 

 National Forest. Class C applicants will not be granted permits 

 upon Forests which are fully occupied by permittees of classes 

 A and B. 



Persons who have not regularly used the range within newly 

 created National Forests during preceding years will not be allowed 

 to place stock upon it for the purpose of establishing a grazing pri- 

 ority, unless they are bona fide settlers living either within or adj acent 

 to the National Forest, who are entitled to share in the use of the 

 range as class A applicants. 



