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When the application is approved by the Smithsonian Institution, 

 the Forester will prepare a permit in quintuplicate 

 ester* 10 " for the signature of the Secretary of Agriculture. 



After the original has been signed by the Secretary 

 it will be sent with three copies to the District Forester, who will for- 

 ward the original to the permittee, and two copies to the supervisor, 

 one for his files and one for the ranger concerned. 



HOTELS AND DWELLINGS ADJACENT TO MINERAL SPRINGS. 



Suitable areas adjacent to mineral or medicinal springs for the erec- 

 tion thereon of sanitariums, hotels, or temporary dwelling houses 

 may be leased, under the act of February 28, 1899 (30 Stat., 908), for 

 such periods and upon such terms as to duration and compensation 

 as may be approved by the Secretary of Agriculture. In accordance 

 with regulation L-31, the lease will be signed by the Secretary of 

 Agriculture. The application must be filed with the supervisor, who 

 will forward it to the District Forester, accompanied by special-use 

 report (Form 964). The District Forester will forward it to the 

 Forester with his recommendations as to the conditions upon which 

 the privilege is granted, its duration, and the compensation to be 

 required. After the application has been approved by the Secretary 

 of Agriculture and the necessary action has been taken by the For- 

 ester, the papers will be returned to the District Forester. 



SPECIAL USE ON ADMINISTRATIVE SITES. 



National Forest lands selected for administrative purposes may be 

 used under special-use permits, as any other National 

 " ^ ores ^ lands, as long as the special use does not prevent 

 trative use. or interfere with the administrative use. Prospecting 



which does not interfere with administrative use 

 should be allowed without formal permit. 



All permits for use of administrative sites will con- 



the folio wing conditions : 



This permit will be abandoned by the permittee 

 on 30 days' notice from the supervisor that the land is needed for 

 administrative use by the Forest Service. 



ADVERTISING SIGNS. 



No permits will be issued for conspicuous or unsightly advertising 

 U ' htl ' signs. There is no objection to small signs which will 



not permitted. * serve also as guideposts where guideposts are neces- 

 sary. Such permits will be issued free of charge. 



(Regulation L-32.) 



ROADS AND TRAILS. 



No permits are necessary for the construction or repair of State or 



county roads. Forest officers will confer with the 



e^sar^loV^tate autnor iti es in charge of such work and will cooperate 



and county roads, with them in the disposal of refuse and in safeguarding 



the National Forests against injury. 



