NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL TIMBER SALES. 59 



APPEALS. 



All complaints and appeals arising from action taken by a Forest 

 ranger or other subordinate officer on a National 

 range? decisions of Forest, either relating to applications for purchases 

 of timber or to the enforcement of the terms of an 

 existing contract, will be referred in the first instance to the super- 

 visor for decision. Decision will be rendered by the supervisor in 

 writing and a copy filed with the record in the case. 



Appeals from the action taken by a supervisor must be filed with 

 him within 15 days from the date of such action or 

 supe?so d r! cisi ns f decision in the case of appeals arising under the 

 enforcement of existing contracts and within 30 

 days in the case of appeals arising in connection with applications 

 to purchase timber, or for the modification of an existing contract. 

 The supervisor will transmit the appeal, with all supporting evidence 

 submitted, to the district forester, together with the complete record 

 in the case and his further recommendations and statement of the 

 facts or reasons upon which his action was based. Decision will then 

 be rendered by the district forester and the supervisor and appellant 

 notified. 



Appeals from decisions of a district forester or of the Forester will 

 From decisions of fll w the same procedure and be governed by the 

 district forester and same time limits. The district forester will transmit 

 the appeal to the Forester, with all supporting evi- 

 dence submitted, the complete record in the case, and his own 

 recommendations and statement of the facts or reasons upon which 

 his action was based. Similar data will be transmitted by the 

 Forester to the Secretary in case of appeals from decisions of the 

 Forester. Decisions rendered by the Forester will be transmitted 

 through the district forester to the supervisor and appellant. 



Decisions on appeals rendered by supervisors will be prepared in 

 Record triplicate. The original will be sent to the appellant 



and the extra copy to the Forest officer concerned. 

 Decisions rendered by a district forester will be prepared in tripli- 

 cate. The original will be sent to the appellant and the extra copy 

 to the supervisor. 



Decisions rendered by the Forester will be prepared in quadrupli- 

 cate and by the Secretary in quintuplicate. The original will be 

 sent to the appellant and copies furnished for the files of the Forester, 

 district forester, and supervisor. 



RECORDS AND REPORTS. 



The Forest officer in charge will notify the supervisor when cutting 

 begins on any advertised sale. The scale in all sales will 

 be reported on Form 820 to the supervisor and a dupli- 

 cate retained in the ranger's files. In unadvertised sales only the 

 final report need be submitted. In advertised sales cutting reports 

 will be submitted while work is in progress, covering periods of one, 

 two, three, or four weeks, as may be required by the supervisor, but 

 in each case ending with Saturday. On Forests where there are a 

 number of sales in operation definite dates may be set upon which the 

 cutting reports shall be submitted. 



