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timber in advance of the award, when the applicant has made a 

 deposit covering the value of the timber to be cut and removed, and 

 has agreed to pay for all timber actually cut under the privilege of 

 advance cutting at the rate of the highest price bid for the whole 

 amount of timber advertised, or, if no bids are received, at the rate 

 named in the advertisement. When necessary to protect the Gov- 

 ernment against loss a bond will be required. 



Reg. S-9. After any timber has been advertised and no satisfac- 



Privatesaie ^ OT ^ ^d ^ as ^ een received, or if the bidder fails to 



complete the purchase, Forest officers may, within 



their authorization, dispose of it at private sale, in quantities to suit 



purchasers, without further advertisement, at prices not lower than 



those named in the advertisement. 



Timber may also be disposed of at private sale without advertise- 

 ment where the stumpage value of the timber does not exceed $100. 



Reg. S-10. In awarding advertised timber of a value exceeding 



Prevention of mo- $ 5 ,000, allotments at the highest price offered may 



nopoiy. Award of be made to several bidders to prevent monopoly. 



ers * Bids submitted by parties who have trespassed upon 



any National Forest will not be considered unless full settlement has 



been previously made for such trespass. 



Reg. S-ll. Timber cut from any National Forest may be exported 

 from the State or Territory in which the National 

 ^ e P rtation of ' Forest is situated, except that from the Black Hills 

 National Forest in South Dakota only dead and 

 insect-infested timber may be exported from the State, and this only 

 until the date upon which the Forester shall certify that the ravages 

 of the destructive insects in. said Forest are practically checked, but 

 in no case after such date or dates as Congress has specified or shall 

 hereafter specify. Timber cut from any National Forest in Alaska 

 may be exported therefrom and sold anywhere, upon certification 

 by the supervisor that the timber has been purchased and cut from 

 a National Forest in Alaska. 



Reg. S-12. No trees on National Forest lands, or from any un- 

 patented claim within National Forests, shall be cut, 



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or otherwise killed, injured, or destroyed, except 

 under permit or where allowed by law in the development of the 

 claim. 



No trees on any unpatented claim within National Forests shall be 

 cut under permit, until the written consent of the claimant has been 

 filed with the Forest supervisor, except in emergencies arising from 

 insect infestation. 



No live trees shall be cut under any contract until marked or other- 

 wise designated by a Forest officer. 



No timber cut under any contract shall be removed from the place 

 selected for scaling, measuring, or counting until it has been scaled, 

 measured, or counted and stamped by a Forest officer. 



No person except a Forest officer shall stamp any timber belonging 

 to the United States upon a National Forest with the regulation 

 marking ax or with any instrument having a similar design. 



All saw timber will be scaled by Scribner Decimal C log rule, as 

 used by the Forest Service. 



