SERVICE NOTES FOR DECEMBER 



These notes contain instructions and necessary information for 

 Forest officers, and will, therefore, be carefully read and kept on file 

 for reference. 



OFFICE OF THE FORESTER 



LAW 



Patents- 



The application of John M. Nelson, Jr., for a patent on a process for preserving 

 timber has been granted by the Patent Office and letters patent have been issued. 

 The Patent Office has also acted favorably upon the application for patent of Harry 

 Tiemann, of the Forest Service, for a process of rapidly drying timber, though the 

 letters patent have not yet been issued. According to the application of the inventor 

 in each of these two cases, the process may be used freely by the Government, or by 

 any person in the United States. 



Policy- 



In a letter to the District Forester at Denver (copies of which were sent to the other 

 Districts), the following procedure was outlined in connection with the cutting of 

 timber for the purpose of clearing a right of way across a mining location, which has 

 been made subsequent to the right-of-way permit: (1) For timber removed which is 

 not needed for the developemnt of the mine, payment should be made to the United 

 States. (2) Timber removed which is needed for the development of the mine 

 should be delivered to the claimant. (3) If "2" is impracticable for any reason, 

 payment for the timber should be made to the United States and a free-use permit 

 given the claimant for an even quantity of timber. (4) If the validity of the mining 

 location is uncertain payment should be made to the United States. (5) If the 

 validity of the mining location is subsequently established, a free-use permit should 

 be given the claimant for an amount of timber equal to that taken. 



Extra Copies, Trespass Report- 

 When making reports to the District office in cases of timber trespass, special-use 

 trespass, grazing trespass, fire trespass, and in all other cases when it may be nec- 

 essary to refer the matter to some other Department of the Government for action, 

 the reports should be forwarded in triplicate, as in the case of claims reports. It is 

 usually necessary to forward one report to the Washington office of the Department 

 concerned, while another copy is usually desired in the Office of the District Attor- 

 ney, or other local officer; and, of course, one is necessary in the District files. The 

 expense of making these is much less when the reports are originallyj)repared than 

 later in the District office. 



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