UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

 FOREST SERVICE. 



AMENDMENT NO. 15 TO THE NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL, 1911 

 TIMBER SALES. (REGULATIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF 

 AGRICULTURE AND INSTRUCTIONS TO FOREST OFFICERS 

 RELATING TO AND GOVERNING TIMBER SALES UPON NA- 

 TIONAL FOREST LANDS.) 



Effective on and after January 2, 1913. 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 

 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. 



Regulation S-9, page 9, of the National Forest Manual, 1911, 

 Timber Sales, issued by the Secretary of Agriculture to take effect 

 December 1, 1911, is hereby amended by adding the following: 



Mature, dead, and down timber which may be cut without injury 

 to the Forest will, upon application, be sold without advertisement in 

 any desired amount to homestead settlers and farmers 

 fa?me e rs* scttlers and at tne actual cost of making and administering such 

 sales. Material will be cut under this regulation only 

 for the domestic use of the purchaser, upon his homestead or farm. 

 The disposal of any part of such material for a money or other con- 

 sideration, or in exchange for labor, services, or commodities furnished 

 the purchaser in connection with its cutting, removal, or manufac- 

 ture, is prohibited. If any of the foregoing requirements are violated, 

 the sale will be terminated and the purchaser required to pay for all 

 material cut at the maximum current rate fixed by the Secretary of 

 Agriculture for such material on the Forest concerned. 



On June 1 of each year the Secretary of Agriculture will determine, 

 upon data and information furnished by the Forester, the cost per 

 thousand feet, board measure or other unit, of making and adminis- 

 tering such sales in each National Forest region where similar con- 

 ditions exist, which amount will be uniformly applied on all Forests 

 in the region during the ensuing fiscal year as the stumpage price in 

 sales to homestead settlers and farmers under this regulation. 



Regulation S-2, page 7, is hereby amended by adding the follow- 

 ing sentence to the second paragraph: 



The minimum prices, however, will not apply to timber sold to 

 homestead settlers and farmers under the terms of Regulation S-9. 



Regulation S-8, page 8, is hereby amended by inserting the 

 following words at the beginning of the regulation: 



Except in sales to homestead settlers and farmers under the terms 

 of Regulation S-9. 



Done at Washington this 5th day of December, 1912. 



Witness my hand and the seal of the Department of Agriculture. 



[SEAL.] JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



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