UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 

 FOREST SERVICE. 



THE NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL. 



AMENDMENT NO. 143. INSTRUCTIONS. 



OCTOBER, 31, 1912. 



Settlement. The Instructions are hereby amended by inserting 

 after the fourth line on page 47 the following paragraph: 



Where land is embraced within a coal withdrawal under the act of 



June 22, 1910 (36 Stat, 533), the applicant should be 



Lands valuable notified of the limitations of the act reserving to the 



for coal. United States all right and title to any coal deposits 



that may exist beneath the surface; and he should be 



given opportunity to say whether he desires to take the land under 



those conditions, which, in the event of coal discovery, allow him the 



enjoyment of surface rights only. The first paragraph of the listing 



letter should be as follows: 



U I have the honor to request that the following described land 

 (List - ) in the - - National Forest be opened to settlement and 

 entry in accordance with the act of June 11, 1906 (34 Stat., 233), 

 and with the act of June 22, 1910 (36 Stat, 583), reserving to the 

 United States Government all right and title to any coal deposits that 

 may exist beneath the surface." 



A. F. POTTER, 

 Acting Forester. 



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