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of notice of an order for mineral survey, which notice will contain 

 the name and address of the mineral surveyor and of the claimant 

 and the name, survey number, and approximate location of the 

 claim, the supervisor will when necessary instruct a Forest officer 

 to be present when the survey is made. The Forest officer will 

 make and submit a memorandum, to be filed for future reference, 

 of the boundaries, the expenditure, and the development work, to 

 which the surveyor will certify, and of the cuts, shafts, and tunnels 

 on the claim. 



When a mineral claim is to be examined, the supervisor will send 

 the Forest officer who is to make the examination a 



Copies of min- copy of the memorandum, or may when necessary 



notes foHi7e 0r ir! S6CUre fr m the loCal land ffice a CO W f that P art 

 making examina- f * ne mineral surveyor's field notes relating to 

 tion. development w^ork and improvements. If they are 



not available, the district forester may secure a copy 

 from the surveyor general's office. 



When the district forester has determined from the facts presented 

 in the preliminary report on a mineral claim that 

 Examination of ne conclusions (a) and (b) are not warranted, and 

 bymSeralexam- an examination by a mineral examiner has been 

 iners. ordered, the claimant will be notified by the super- 



visor of the date the examination will be made and 

 will be requested to be present or be represented. The report of the 

 mineral examiner will be submitted to the Forest supervisor and will 

 be acted upon in accordance with the procedure followed in all other 

 claims reports. 



Occupancy of the land by squatters after its withdrawal for 

 National Forest purposes is trespass, and the super- 

 squatters' claims v i sor wm * ac ^ m accordance with the procedure pre- 

 where claimants scribed under " Occupancy Trespass," unless the 

 settled after the claimant was occupying the land on January 1, 1906, 

 withdrawal of the m wn ich case the claimant may apply within a rea- 

 FTrlt ^ 1 ,?, sonable time for the listing of the land under the act 

 of June 11, 1906 (see "Settlement/; p. 25). 



When the claimant settled on the land prior to its withdrawal for 

 Action upon National Forest purposes and is apparently comply- 

 squatters' claims ing with the requirements of the homestead law, no 

 W ^tTd blfo^the act . ion wil1 be tak . en b y Forest officers, since the 

 withdrawal^ the claimant may at his own discretion await an exten- 

 land for National sion of the public-land survey, or may apply for the 

 Forest purposes, listing of the land under the act of June 11, 1906, 

 before making entry. 



When the claimant settled on the land prior to its withdrawal for 

 National Forest purposes, but has failed to comply with the require- 

 ments of the homestead law, no action will be taken by Forest 

 officers prior to the approval of the plat of survey unless the claim 

 interferes with Forest administration, in which case the supervisor 

 will order an examination and report in accordance with the pro- 

 cedure herein prescribed for making reports on claims. 



When the plat of survey has been approved by the Commissioner 



of the General Land Office, the supervisor will protest the squatter's 



application for entry if the requirements of the homestead law have 



not been complied with. The protest should be filed in the local 



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