48 THE NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL. 





who will not have an examination made of the land until the sus- 

 pension is removed and the application is accepted. 



Applications received and suspended under this procedure will not 

 be classed as pending cases, but will be classed as suspended c;tM>s 

 and entered as such in the annual reports. 



When a suspended application is accepted, the procedure to be 

 followed will be the same as that prescribed for the reference of an 

 application to the supervisor for examination and report. 



Applications for unsurveyed lands located within the primary 

 limits of a railroad grant, which probably will be 



Applications in g ran ted sections, will be rejected, and the applicant 

 ra^oadgmntl wil1 be informed that the Secretary of the Interior 

 has decided that such lands can not be opened to 

 entry under the act of June 11, 1906. The procedure will then be 

 the same as when the land applied for is found to be patented, except 

 that a yellow "O" will be placed in the "List No." column on 

 Form 124. 



When an application is received for patented lands or lands that 

 have been selected and posted for administrative or 



Applications in public use, the applicant will be informed by letter 

 C Rented landTor ^ ^ ie s ^ us ^ ^. ne l an d applied for and the appli- 

 selected admin- cation will be rejected. Two carbon copies of the 

 istrative sites. letter of rejection will be forwarded to the supervisor 

 for the supervisor's and ranger's files. Applications 

 of this character will be given a number, card, and folder, and will 

 be noted in the tract book on Forms 123 and 124 in the usual manner, 

 after which the case will be closed. Subsequent applications from 

 the same persons are given new numbers. If the application is 

 rejected for the reason that it conflicts with patented land, a dark 

 green "V" should be placed in the "List No." column on Form 124. 

 If the conflict is with approved railroad lands, a yellow "V" is placed 

 in the "List No." column. If the conflict is with a ranger station, 

 the letters "R. S." in red ink should be placed in the "List No." 

 column on Form 124. 



All letters prepared for the signature of the dis- 



Preparation of trict forester or assistant district forester will be 

 Secretary's and wr itten with three carbon copies, 

 fetter's. All letters prepared for the signature of the Secre- 



tary or the Forester will be written with four carbon 

 copies. The letters prepared for the signature of the Secretary will 

 be written with a purple copying ribbon. 



The case designation will not be placed on the letters prepared 

 for the signature of the Secretary, but should be placed on the 

 carbon copies of these letters. 



The series of list numbers now in use by each district will be con- 

 tinued. Each application listed will be given a 



List numbers, serial list number. The list number, Forest number, 

 listing and trans- name of forest, State, acreage, and date of list will 

 m secretary?' be noted in the district list book on Form 345 in 

 pencil. When the listing letter is forwarded to the 

 Forester, the recommendation, list number, date listed in the dis- 

 trict office, and acreage recommended will also be noted in pencil 

 on Form 124 in the Forest tract book. The Secretary's letter, 



