UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 

 FOREST SERVICE. 



THE NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL, 



AMENDMENT NO. 139 INSTRUCTIONS. 



OCTOBER 1, 1912. 



Claims. Since it is desirable that the procedure of the Forest 

 Service and that of the General Land Office should conform as nearly 

 as possible to each other in the return of final proof notices the 

 instructions in the last paragraph of page 15 of the Claims Manual 

 are hereby amended by substituting for indorsement (b) the fol- 

 lowing: 



(b) " Please withhold final certificate; report submitted (or will be 

 submitted) to the district forester , 19 ." 



Also as a substitute for (e) which previously designated the in- 

 dorsement which was eliminated by Amendment No. 136, dated Sep- 

 tember 20, 1912, and to be used when a report can not be made prior 

 to the return of the notice to the register and receiver and the super- 

 visor has not sufficient information at hand to warrant the use of 

 indorsement (a), the following indorsement: 



(e) " Please withhold final certificate until field investigation has 

 been made and report submitted by the Forest Service. A report will 

 be forwarded to the district forester on or about - , 19 ." 



A. F. POTTER, 

 Acting Forester. 



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