18 NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL TIMBER SALES. 



The application and report in advertised sales will be examined for 



the purpose of ascertaining whether they are in 



trSo C fficef e ' ' " accordance with the preceding instructions and with 



instructions to the supervisor as to price, amount, 



period, and other conditions. Special care is necessary to see that 



cutting will be done in accordance with the preliminary or final 



working plan, and that the plan for marking agrees with the policy 



adopted for the Forest and type. 



The carbon of the notice of sale will be checked, with particular 

 attention to the period allowed for submitting bids, the location of 

 the cutting areas, the estimate, price, and deposits required. 



The published notice of sale (Form 935) will be checked with the 

 carbons previously received from the supervisor, and filed as a 

 reminder against the receipt of the contract and bond. 



If advance cutting has Deen allowed, the copy of the application 

 will be reviewed. When the papers have been reviewed, they will 

 be returned to the supervisor, with instructions or comments if 

 necessary. No record will be kept in the district office. 



Supervisors who have shown their ability to handle class C sales 

 properly may, in the discretion of the district forester, be authorized 

 to discontinue sending papers to the district office, except when 

 necessary for examination by district assistants to the solicitor of 

 authority of officers of incorporated companies to execute the con- 

 tract for the company. 



CLASS D: DISTRICT FORESTER'S AND FORESTER'S SALES. 



The steps are the same as in class C sales until the supervisor has 

 received the formal application signed by the appli- 

 can t- If the supervisor decides to recommend the 

 sale, he will notify the applicant to forward $50 to 

 the proper United States depository to cover the cost of advertising, 

 and will send the application to the district forester with the report, 

 estimate, and map. If the supervisor recommends the approval of 

 the application without modification, he will initial in the lower left- 

 hand corner of the first page. If he wishes to recommend any modi- 

 fication of the application or to give a more detailed explanation of 

 any features of the examination or application, he will do so in a 

 letter sent with the other papers. 



Where advisable, a sample contract, unexecuted, containing all of 

 sample contract ^ ne P rov i s i ns J the proposed sale, may be sub- 

 mitted to the district forester in lieu of a formal 

 application. When, however, the privilege of advance cutting is 

 desired the applicant will in every instance be required to sign a 

 formal application before his application for advance cutting wifl be 

 considered. 



card record. A blue timber-sale record card (Form 615) will be 



filled out by the supervisor and filed as in class A sales. 



The application or sample contract will be examined by the district 



forester as under class C sales, and if approved, a timber-sale record 



card (Form 615) will be filled out and filed. 



The supervisor will be notified immediately of any necessary 

 modifications in the application, and will obtain the 

 cawon nges k*** 1 " consent ^of the applicant to such modifications before 

 proceeding with the notice of sale. 



