PERMITS TO NEW OWNERS. (Reg. O-12.) 



Applications from new settlers or beginners on Forests which are 

 rued six months fully occupied will not be considered unless filed 

 in advance. with the Supervisor at least six months before the 



beginning of the yearlong grazing season. 



A reduction will be necessary to provide for them; therefore it is 

 essential that other users of the Forest be notified of it as soon as 

 possible in order that they can adjust their business to meet it without 

 loss. 



When the range is fully occupied, the total number of stock allowed 

 Limited to 3 per beginners in any one year must not exceed 3 per cent 

 cent - of the total allowance for the Forest. 



The applications of beginners will not be approved in any case 

 where this would necessitate a reduction of more than 20 per cent in 

 the renewal of any permit issued for the previous year. 



The applications of beginners who are in class B may be approved 



ciass B be hmers number of stock allowed other beginners when 



there is surplus range, and the issuance of a permit 

 will not entail a reduction upon occupants of the range or debar class 

 A applicants. 



Upon Forests which are not fully stocked or when there is surplus 

 Number allowed range, applications of beginners may be allowed for the 

 beginners. f u U protective limit; when there is not, permits to 



beginners will be restricted to one-half the protective limit. 



When the average permit number is less than the protective 



Average permit li mn % the applications of beginners should be ap- 



beiow protective proved for not more than one-fourth the protective 



limit, and only when the stock will be fed during 



the winter from the products of the permittee's cultivated land. 



The only justification for permits of this sort is when settlers abso- 

 lutely require grazing privileges in order to market the products of 

 their ranches by feeding them to stock during the winter months. 



No applications from beginners will be approved when the average 

 permit number is more than 20 per cent below the protective limit. 



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