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Bona fide squatters upon unsurveyed lands may be allowed permits 



s uatters- claims ^ OT g razm g ^he number of animals their claims will 

 support, provided no claim exceeds 160 acres. No 

 conflicting claims will be recognized until the matter has been deter- 

 mined by the Department of the Interior. 



Persons who have applied to purchase or who have leased any lands 

 , covered by State selections will not be allowed free 



State selections. . i , p ji i i ^ i ji 



grazing privileges on account of these lands until the 

 lists have been approved by the Commissioner of the General Land 

 Office. 



Persons who have applied to purchase or who have leased railroad 

 Railroad land ^ u ^ within the indemnity limits will be allowed free 

 grazing privileges on account of such land after sur- 

 vey and selection by the railroad company and approval by the 

 Secretary of the Interior. 



The use of unsurveyed, unselected lands within the indemnity 

 limits of railroad grants will be allowed in accordance with the 

 grazing regulations under regular paid permits. 



In* every possible instance the grazing capacity of the lands offered 



Determination of as the basis of the free permit should be determined by 



range capacity. Reid examination and reported upon Form 251. 



When an application for a permit in exchange for the use of private 



Procedure lands is received, card record (Form 403) will be made 



showing the name and address of the applicant, the 



acreage of the land owned or leased, the number of each kind of stock 



to be grazed, the location of the range to be occupied, and the grazing 



period. The cards will be filed alphabetically behind the record 



cards for the regular paid permits. 



The application (Form 925), report on the grazing capacity of the 

 land (Form 251), and the duplicate copy of the permit (Form 256) 

 will be placed in a folder and designated according to instructions. 

 The permit will be written in triplicate, the original sent the appli- 

 cant, the duplicate filed, and the triplicate sent to the ranger in charge 

 of the district. 



