SETTLEMENT. 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, 



Washington , D. 0. 



By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of Agriculture 

 by the act of Congress of February 1, 1905 (33 Stat., 628), amendatory 

 to the act of Congress of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat., 11), and by the act 

 of Congress of June 11, 1906 (34 Stat., 233), I, James Wilson, Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture, do make and publish the following regulations for 

 settlement upon National Forest lands, the same to supersede all pre- 

 vious regulations for like purposes and to be in force and effect from 

 the 1st day of February, 1912, and to constitute a part of the Use 

 Book. 



In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal, 

 at Washington, D. C., this 19th day of December, 1911. 



JAMES WILSON, 

 Secretary of Agriculture. 



REGULATIONS. 



Reg. L-50. The act of June 11, 1906, authorizes the Secretary of 

 Agriculture to examine and ascertain the location and extent of lands 

 within permanent or temporary National Forests which are chiefly 

 valuable for agriculture, and which, in his opinion, can be occupied for 

 agricultural purposes without injury to the National Forests and 

 which are not needed for public purposes, to the end that they may 

 be listed with the Secretary of the Interior for opening to settlement 

 and entry under the act and homestead laws. The examination and 

 listing of such lands are optional with the Secretary of Agriculture and 

 may be made either independently or on application. 



Reg. L-51. Applications for the examination and listing of lands 

 under the act of June 11, 1906, must be in writing, 

 f A u P tin!? tiOI1S mus ^ ^ e dated, and must be signed by the applicant. 

 If the tract applied for is covered by a public-land 

 survey, it must be described by reference to subdivisions, section, 

 township, and range within which it is located. If the tract is not 

 covered oy a public-land survey, it must be described by reference to 

 natural objects, streams, or improvements with sufficient accuracy to 

 identify it. Applications must be filed with the district forester of 

 the district in which the tract applied for is situated. An application 

 which is not in the form prescribed above will be returned to the appli- 

 cant for correction. Priority of application will be determined by the 

 order in which applications are filed with the district forester in the 

 form prescribed herein. 



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