22 THE NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL. 



When the request is from the Solicitor and is received through the 



Forester, the same procedure will be followed as 



Action upon upon requests from the Commissioner of the General 



the q So?ici S to/ r fw ^and " lce ' ex 9 e l }t that the letter ? ivin g the informa- 

 information or for tion or transmitting the report will be addressed to 

 special reports. the Solicitor and will be prepared by the district 



forester for the signature of the Forester. No copies 

 of such letters need be sent to the chief of field division. When the 

 request is from the Solicitor and is received through the district 

 assistant to the solicitor, the information will be furnished to the 

 assistant to the solicitor for transmission to the Solicitor. 



If the request is for a report on a claim initiated under the act of 



June 11, 1906, the letter in reply will be in the fol- 

 Action upon lowing form: "The Sundance 01718 1 C ' E.R.B. letter 



'ort^on 8 a f claim of Janual T 15 > 1?U, from the Commissioner to the 

 under the act of Forester, requesting report on this case, is received. 

 June 11, 1906. As the entry to the land involved was initiated under 

 the act of June 11, 1906, and as the Department of 

 Agriculture has no authority to examine and report upon this class 

 of claims, no report will be sent to you. " 



When a copy of local land office notice of final proof, or application 

 for mineral patent, is received from the supervisor, 

 Action upon one copy will be forwarded to the chief of field divi- 

 offinal roof^or s ^ )n W1 ^ n rubber-stamp reference signed by the dis- 

 application for trict forester. When the copy of the notice is in- 

 mineral patent, dorsed by the supervisor that report has been sub- 

 mitted to the district forester, the latter will verify 

 the statement from his records, and if the report has been submitted 

 (or will be submitted) by him to the chief of field division, he will 

 inform the latter by further indorsement on the notice of the date 

 it was or will be submitted. If the report was submitted under a 

 former procedure to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, 

 the district forester will inform the chief of field division by indorse- 

 ment on the notice of the date it was submitted. 



When the district forester receives a request from the supervisor 

 for information or instructions regarding the indorse- 

 Action on no- ment to be made upon a local land office notice of 

 oiTenfrie^UtMn ^ na ^ I? ro ^ on en tries within proposed eliminations, he 

 proposed elimi- wu % ^ necessary, secure the information from the 

 nations. Forester before instructing the supervisor. If the in- 



dorsement, "The land involved is located within a 

 proposed elimination from the National Forest, and no report will be 

 made by the Forest Service," should be made, the district forester 

 will instruct the supervisor accordingly, and when the indorsement 

 has been made by the supervisor and two copies of the notices have 

 been returned to the district forester one copy will be forwarded to 

 the chief of field division by stamped reference signed by the district 

 forester. 



When a claims report is received with a trespass report, a memo- 

 randum will be made showing the action, if any, upon 

 Action upon a the claims report. If it be decided that the claim 

 celvTI * with ie a sllo . uld not be protested, the trespass report with the 

 trespass report. claims report and the memorandum will be referred 

 to the district assistant to the solicitor, and no fur- 



