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ADMINISTRATIVE USE OF TIMBER. 



Timber may be disposed of under the administrative use regula 



(Regulation S-17) by sale, under free use, or otherwise 

 istrative S use! admin " to remove an actual menace from insects, lire, 

 disease, or other sources. Timber may be removed 

 under this regulation when it is necessary for the construction, main- 

 tenance, or repair of permanent improvements upon National Forests 

 or for experiments conducted by the Forest Service. Exchanges of 

 timber for labor, services, or material in the building of permanent 

 improvements are, however, not authorized. 



tinder this regulation the district foresters may authorize super- 



Authority of dis- v i sors to dispose of timber by administrative use in 



trict foresters and amounts depending upon the conditions on the 



Forest and the experience of the supervisor, within 



the amount which each supervisor is authorized to sell. 



When an application is received or the supervisor believes from 



personal knowledge or from the reports of Forest 



L ' officers that timber should be disposed of under 



administrative use, he will direct a field examination and the prepara- 



tion as soon as practicable of a map and a complete report in accord- 



ance with Forms 578a and 578b. 



If it is found that because of disease, insect attack, or other cause 



a body of timber is a menace to the Forest, it will, 



g ^Methods of dispo- if possible, be removed promptly with as little 



expense as possible, preferably by sale, and in such 



a manner as to reduce to a minimum the future danger. When a 



sale can not be made and regular free use will not remove the timber 



soon enough to prevent loss, administrative use permits will be 



issued. 



Forester's administrative use permits will be prepared in quin- 

 Forester' sand dis- tuplicate, and district forester's in quadruplicate. 

 trict forester's per- The permits will be executed in duplicate, and the 

 executed copies forwarded to the Forester or district 

 forester, as the case may be, for approval with the report and recom- 

 mendations of the supervisor. The approved original will be filed 

 in the district office, the duplicate transmitted to the permittee and 

 copies furnished the supervisor and local officer in charge. The fifth 

 py, in Forester's permits, will be retained in the Forester's files. 

 The card record on Form 615 in the supervisor's office will be 

 kept as an index card and record of the amounts cut 



Card records. ^VsaleS. 



The permit will be prepared in triplicate. The original is for 

 the permittee, the duplicate for the supervisor's 

 files, and the triplicate for the ranger. 

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