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A firm, copartnership, or corporation must be in either class B or 

 , class C, for it can not be in class A. It can establish 



Firms, copartner- . > . ._ .. 



ships, and corpora- a grazing preference in two ways. By use and occu- 

 pancy of the lands included within the Forest prior to 

 its creation, and by the purchase of the stock or ranches or both of a 

 permittee under conditions justifying a renewal of the permit. 



A corporation can not be given the same consideration as an indi- 

 vidual owner. Between two corporations one composed of local 

 residents and the other of nonresidents preference will be given the 

 local corporation. In no case will the individuality of the members 

 of a corporation be considered in competition with independent 

 individual owners. 



If the State laws give a married woman the right of independent 



Married women ownership of real estate and live stock and she 



possesses the other qualifications which entitle her to 



a grazing permit, her application may be approved regardless of the 



grazing privileges held by her husband. If, however, the laws of the 



State provide that all property be held in common, the woman would 



be considered as owning the number of stock for which her husband 



holds permit. 



Where the wife applies to graze stock she has purchased, again the 

 State law on ownership would govern. If independent ownership is 

 allowed and the purchase of the stock and ranches is strictly the 

 wife's transaction, a renewal of the permit may be allowed even 

 though the combined holdings of the husband and wife exceed the 

 maximum limit. If the State laws require all property to be owned 

 in common, then a permit can not be renewed on the purchased stock 

 which would make the combined holdings of husband and wife exceed 

 the maximum limit. 



An unmarried woman of legal age is entitled to full consideration 

 _ . as a new applicant if she desires to take out a grazing 



Unmarried women. 



permit. 



Minors who were not occupants of the range at the time of the 

 Minors creation of the Forest will not be granted permits 



except when they are at the head of a family depend- 

 ent upon them for support. Minors under the control of parents or 

 guardians may be granted permits if such action will not necessitate 

 reduction in existing permits or the denial of applications of other 

 class A owners. 



Pending the division of an estate, a full renewal of the permit held 

 by the deceased should be allowed in the name of the 



Renewal to estates. J , -, ,-, -, -, . , -, , . , TT 



estate and the duly appointed administrator. Upon 

 the issue of a court decree dividing the estate tne privileges allowed 

 the estate will be granted the beneficiaries under the rule governing 

 the renewal of permits on account of purchase, except that the permit 

 for that portion of the stock allotted by the court decree to the widow 

 or minor heirs will not be subject to the reduction made in the 

 renewal of permits to purchasers. 



As a general rule an heir or devisee should be considered as in the 

 same class with one who has purchased stock grazed under permit. 

 Applications of heirs will be adjudged on the basis of the class (A, B, 

 or C) qualifications of the applicants. 



