16 THE NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL. 



made by the Forest Service, as the Department of Agriculture has no 

 authority to examine and report on ttiis class of claims." The two 

 remaining copies of the notice will be completed by entering thereon 

 the indorsement made upon the copy returned to the register ;m<l 

 receiver and will be sent at once to the district forester. 



If the report has not been already submitted the supervisor will 

 then instruct a Forest officer to make an examination and report. 

 The instructions, whether by letter or by memorandum, will give the 

 date when final proof will be submitted, the names and addresses of 

 the witnesses given in the notice, the indorsement made on the 

 notice, and the date the notice was returned to the local land oflice. 

 A copy of this letter or memorandum will be retained in the super- 

 visor's file as a record of the final proof notice. The report will be 

 made in accordance with the outline on Forms 654 and 655, with origi- 

 nal and four copies. One copy will be retained by the Forest officer, 

 one copy by the supervisor, and the original and two copies will be 

 sent to the district forester, accompanied by the original and two 

 copies of all affidavits. At the top of the first page of the report 

 reference to the notice of final proof will be made by indorsement. 

 The indorsement will give the date of final proof, the indorsement 

 made thereon, and the date thereof, which will be the date of the 

 return of the notice to the local land office. 



Before returning to the register and receiver the notice of final 



Action o re P ro ^ on entries within proposed eliminations with 



ceipt of^otke'of the indorsement (d) thereon the supervisor will send 



final proof on en- the notice to the district forester to ascertain whether 



tries within pro- the elimination has been approved. If the proposed 



tiomf elimina " elimination has been approved, no examination or 



report will be made. A memorandum of the notice 



and the indorsement thereon will be filed, and the two copies of the 



notice with the indorsement entered thereon will be sent to the 



district forester. 



On notice of final proof on entries under the act of June 11, 1906, 



Action u r ^ ie no ^ ce w ^ be returned to the register and receiver 



ceipt 10 of ^notice with the appropriate indorsement (e) and no exami- 



of filial proof on nation or report will be made. The other two copies 



entries under the of the notice with the indorsement entered thereon 



I906 f ^ UnC llf ^^ be se nt to the district forester. Before returning 



the notice to the register and receiver a memorandum 



of the notice and the indorsement thereon will be made and filed with 



the settlement case to which it relates. 



In cases where the supervisor fails to receive notice of final proof 



Failure to re- or notice of application for mineral patent at the 



ceive notice time of or soon after the beginning of the period of 



from registers publication, he will report the fact to the district 



forester for appropriate action. 



Forest officers Forest officers will not appear at final proof to 

 ear ** cr ss-examine claimants or tneir witnesses. 



Notice of an order for survey of a mineral claim is not a request 

 from the Interior Department for a report, and no 



ceipfoTn'SkVof re P rt on the claim w . m be made at the time . of this 

 an order for min- survey unless the claim actually interferes with the 

 eral survey. administration of the National Forest. Upon receipt 



