20 NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL TIMBER SALES. 



In the discretion of the district forester, supervisors may be 



Work which may re .quired to prepare notices of sale to be submitted 



be required of super- with the application, to receive bids, or to prepare 



visors ji i r j 



the contracts and bonds. 



For sales which exceed the district forester's limit, the application, 

 Forester's sales to g etner with the report, estimate, map, and the 

 supervisor's and district forester's recommendations, 

 will be forwarded to the Forester for his approval. When the Forester 

 has approved the application, the district forester will sign the notice 

 of sale and proceed with the advertisement. After the contract has 

 been properly executed cutting may begin, but the contract and bond 

 should be forwarded to the Forester for approval, witli extra copies 

 for filing. The sale will then be handled as a district forester's sale, 

 except that modifications of the contract can be made only with the 

 Foresters approval. 



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

 the provisions of the proposed sale, may be submitted to the 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 will be considered. Upon approval of the sample contract 

 by the Forester, the district forester will proceed with negotiations 

 with the applicant and advertise the sale if its conditions are accepted 

 by him. It is essential that no final assurances be given to prospec- 

 tive purchasers until the Forester has passed upon the application or 

 sample contiact. 



ADVERTISEMENT. 



Advertisement of sales of timber exceeding $100 in amount is re- 

 quired by act of June 6, 1900 (31 Stat., 661), for a 

 period of not less than 30 days.^ 



Advertisements must be published in papers included in the yearly 

 in what a ers authorization issued to the supervisor by the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture. If publication in other papers 

 is advisable, the authority of the Secretary should be requested 

 through the Forester. 



If the notice of sale is to be published in more than one newspaper, 

 an original copy will be sent to each. The last day for receiving bids 

 named in all the papers must be the same. 



The notice of sale must announce the time and place of filing bids, 



Essential features ^ ie l ca ti n an( i approximate amount of timber, the 



amount to be deposited, and the name and address 



of the supervisor from whom full information can be obtained. 



It will state that the right to reject any or all bids is reserved. 



Great care will be taken to determine and designate closely the 

 location of the timber which is advertised. If the 

 b Location of tim- land i nc i u d e d in the notice of sale is unsuryeyed, the 

 word "approximately" should be inserted in the de- 

 scription of the probable legal subdivisions. Whether the land is 

 surveyed or unsurveyed, the location should be given with reference 

 to watersheds or well-known natural objects, as well as by legal or 

 approximate legal subdivisions, so that if by any chance a mistake is 

 made in naming the subdivision it will not be necessary to readvertise 

 the timber. 



