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ther action will be taken regarding the claim. If it be decided that 

 the claim should be protested, the report on the claim will be detached 

 from the trespass report. The trespass report, accompanied by a 

 copy of the claims report and the memorandum of action taken, will 

 then be referred to the district assistant to the solicitor. Action 

 upon the report on the claim will then bo taken in accordance with 

 the claims procedure. 



Notification of the extension of the public-land survey over lands 



Action upon re- within a National Forest wih 1 be received by reference 

 ceipt of notifica- from the Forester, and after a record of the exten- 

 tion of extension s [ on ] las b een m ade in the district office the notifica- 

 survey ^ on ^^ ^ e sen ^ ^ ^ ie su P erv i sor concerned. 



By authority of the Secretary of Agriculture the Forester may corre- 

 spond directly with chiefs of other bureaus in regard 

 ence r with P t)ther to P ure ^ routine matters that are not legal in char- 

 bureaus, acter. Such correspondence, if prepared by the district 

 forester, will be for the signature of the Forester. ; 



Whenever status of lands is required, it will be obtained, if pos- 

 sible, from the local land office. When necessary to 



Request to secure status from the public land records in Wash- 

 local hmd office i ngton> the district forester will use Form 31, chang- 

 Land Office 'for m g the words "Register and Receiver" to "For- 

 status of lands, ester." No letter will be used in making such re- 

 quests to the Forester, but any explanation may be 

 made, if necessary, by an accompanying memorandum. The request 

 will be returned with the status report (Form 301). 



Annually on August 1 district foresters will submit to the Forester 



District forest on s t an dard a tlas pages a report on claims. The re- 

 er's^annua? re- P or t wm * ^ e m ^ ne fc> rm prescribed in advance by the 

 port. Forester. 



PROCEDURE IN WASHINGTON OFFICE. 



No mere acknowledgment will be made of a letter of request from 

 the Commissioner of the General Land Office for 



Action t u P^n information or for a special report on a claim, but 

 the* 1 C o m m i3 the letter of request will when necessary be referred 

 sioner o f t h e by stamped indorsement to the proper district for- 

 General Land ester. Before forwarding the request a memorandum 



Ofi ti e n or* social ^^ ^ e ma< ^ e an ^ ^ e & s h QW i n g the title, file number, 

 reports. initials, and date of the letter of request, the number 



and kind of entry, and the name of the claimant or of 

 the mineral claim. 



No mere acknowledgment will be made of a request from the 



Solicitor for information or for a special report in re- 

 Action upon gard to a litigated claims case, but the request and 

 F h e(1 S l' S 't fr f m an y accorri P an yi n ^ papers will when necessary be re- 

 infonnation r or ferred by stamped indorsement to the proper district 

 special report. forester, except when the circumstances may require 



a letter of instructions. Before forwarding the re- 

 quest a memorandum will be made showing: The date and subject of 

 the Solicitor's request, and the date it was referred to the district 

 forester; the number and kind of entry, and the name of the claimant 

 or of the mineral claim. If the Solicitor's request is accompanied by 



