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stead right on the land. If the answer is in the affirmative, the land 

 will be recommended for listing. In every case the applicant's signed 

 statement must be included with the other papers in the case when 

 the listing letter is forwarded. 



Applications for the listing of lands on a watershed used for muni- 

 cipal purposes will be accepted unless such lands have 

 Applications in been closed to listing by the Secretary of Agriculture 

 nkflf W w^ Tei for the Faction of the municipal water supply. If 

 supply. an application is received for lands which the Secre- 



tary has not closed to listing, the wishes of the munic- 

 ipality will be ascertained before final action is taken. The district 

 forester will forward to the proper officials of the municipality a 

 description of the land and request them to state whether in their 

 judgment the occupancy of the land will injure the watershed or 

 contaminate the water. 



If an application is received for the listing of land within a National 

 Forest that is covered by a second form withdrawal 

 Applications in under the reclamation act, the applicant will be noti- 

 1 j. c t J fied that the land will not be listed until the approval 

 drawSs ' of tlie Reclamation Service is secured. The district 



forester will forward a description of the land applied 

 for to the supervising engineer of the Reclamation Service and 

 request him to state whether the listing of the land will interfere with 

 the purposes for which the withdrawal was made. If the Reclama- 

 tion Service has no objection to the listing of the land the application 

 will be accepted, the applicant will be informed, and the supervisor 

 instructed to submit the report in the usual form. If the Reclamation 

 Service objects to the listing of the land, the application will be 

 rejected, the applicant informed, a proper notation made on the 

 tract book, and the case closed. 



If an application is received for the listing of unsurveyed school 

 lands included within a National Forest, the appli- 

 Applications in cation should be accepted 'and treated in the usual 

 s* C h (Tcfl wa y> anc ^ *f ^ ie l an d applied for is within a surveyed 

 landL school section for which the State has made indemnity 



selection which has been approved, the application 

 should be accepted and treated in the usual way. If the land applied 

 for is in a surveyed school section for which indemnity selection has 

 not been made and approved, the application should be rejected, the 

 applicant notified, and the case closed. If the land is covered by a 

 selection made by the State under any grant made to it, the appli- 

 cation should be treated as provided in the preceding sentence. 

 When an application is presented for the listing of a tract of land, 

 under the act of June 11, 1906, ^hich is covered by a 

 Applications in homestead or any other entry, selection, filing, min- 

 conflict with un- era j application for patent or reservoir right of way, 

 exce^ 6 mineral suc 'h application will be given a serial number and 

 location. noted on the tract books in the usual manner, but the 



applicant will be notified that the application has 

 been suspended, pending final decision by the Secretary of the Inte- 

 rior on the unperfected claim in conflict. 



Two carbon copies of the letter to the applicant will be sent to the 

 supervisor, who will make the proper entries in his tract book, but 



