UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 

 FOREST SERVICE. 



THE NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL. 



AMENDMENT NO. 153 INSTRUCTIONS. 



DECEMBER 18, 1912. 



Settlement. Amendment No. 140, issued October 15, 1912, is 

 hereby modified and amended by striking out the last sentence, 

 which reads as follows: 



They shall not apply, however, to any lands listed prior to August 

 10, 1912. 



In accordance with the instructions issued by the Solicitor under 

 date of November 26, 1912, to the district assistants to the Solicitor, 

 to the effect that they will hereafter attend all hearings and conduct 

 ; all claims cases involving claims to lands listed prior to August 10, 

 1912, in the same manner as they would treat claims cases involving 

 lands listed after that date, it will be considered that all lands listed 

 prior to August 10, 1912, have the same status as those which have 

 been listed subsequent to that date. 



A. F. POTTER, 



Acting Forester. 



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