UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 

 FOREST SERVICE. 



THE NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL, 



AMENDMENT NO. Ill INSTRUCTIONS. 



JANUARY 31, 1912. 



Settlement. The Instructions on page 38 are hereby amended by 

 inserting after the word " subdivision " at the end of paragraph 3. 

 the following: 



Telephone lines constructed across tracts to be listed under the act 

 of June 11, 1906, should be surveyed in the same manner as roads. 

 The roads built or to be built for the needs of the public will be ex- 

 cepted from entry and patent, but the right of way occupied by the 

 telephone line will be reserved only so long as the line is used. Res- 

 ervations for telephone lines will not be 'made unless the line is ac- 

 tually constructed. 



HENRY S. GRAVES, 



Forester. 



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