SETTLEMENT. 33 



Preparation of The tract book shall consist of township plats 

 (Form 123), one for each township in the Forest, 

 index sheets (Form 124), and wing binders. 



Townships are recorded first in the order of the towns, north and 

 south, and then in the order of their ranges, east and west, thus: 

 T. 1 N., R. 1 E., R. 2 E., R. 1 W., R. 2 W. 

 T. 2 N., R. 1 E.> R. 2 E., R. 1 W., R. 2 W. 

 T. 1 S., R. 1 E., R. 2 E., R. 1 W., R. 2 W. 

 T. 2 S., R. 1 E., R. 2 E., R. 1 W., R, 2 W. 



When an application is received by reference from the district for- 

 ester, the necessary entries will be made in the first eight columns 

 in the tract-book index sheet (Form 124). The date entered under 

 "Sent for examination" will be the date of the district forester's 

 letter of acceptance to the applicant. The number of the appli- 

 cation will be entered on the township plat (Form 123) in ink in each 

 40 or fraction of a 40 applied for in the proper township and section. 

 When the application is for unsurveyed land, the approximate loca- 

 tion of the land applied for will be indicated in pencil on the town- 

 ship plat (Form 123) by a circle containing the number of the appli- 

 cation. When the location is ascertained by subsequent survey it 

 w r ill be entered in ink and the pencil notation will be erased. 



The following legend will be used to indicate on the township plats 

 (Form 123) the status of particular tracts as shown 

 on tact book atUS b y the re cords of the Forest Service or General Land 

 Office : 



H. E., pending a dark green H. 



Patented or F. C a dark green V. 



Desert-land entry a dark green D. 



Timber and stone entry, pending a dark green T. 



Timber and stone entry, patent a dark green T. P. 



Lieu selection, pending a red L. 



State selection, pending a blue ? 



State selection, approved a blue V. 



School land a blue S. 



School land (unsurveyed) a blue S. ? 



School indemnity, pending a blue I. 



School base for indemnity a blue B. 



Railroad selection, pending a yellow R. 



Railroad selection, approved a yellow V. 



RailEoad primary limits a yellow O. 



Railroad indemnity, pending a yellow I. 



Mineral classification an orange M. 



Nonmineral classification an orange N. M. 



Townsite (hatched in) a dark pink. 



Reconveyance, pending a red C. 



Public land a red V. 



State boundary line a double red-ink line 



with State names 

 written in. 



Reservoir site, approved an R., half red, half 



dark green. 



Reservoir site, pending an R. , as above, fol- 

 lowed by ?. 



