SERVICE NOTES FOR FEBRUARY 



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 



Law Correspondence with the Interior Department 



The Service Notes for January, page 219, paragraph 3, are supplemented as fol- 

 lows: (a) Letters transmitting favorable reports upon claims shall be prepared in 

 the office of the District Forester, with three carbons for filing in the office of the 

 Forester, the District Forester, and the Supervisor. (6) The original Forest officer's 

 report shall be forwarded with the letter of transmit tal. No copies of the report 

 are to be filed with the office of the District Forester or the office of the Forester. 

 This report will be returned to the .District Forester, who in turn shall return it to 

 the files of the supervisor, (c) A card shall be made in the office of the District For- 

 ester for every favorable report transmitted, showing the date received, the date 

 sent to the Forester, and the final action by the Land Department, (d) All letters 

 of transmittal to the Secretary of the Interior shall have no caption, except on the 

 carbons, but shall recite the name of the Forest, the name of the claimant, the loca- 

 tion of the claim by legal subdivision, the local land office, and the serial and entry 

 numbers. The letter shall also contain a request that the Department of Agriculture 

 be informed of any action taken upon the case. All information received will be 

 acted upon according to existing practice. 

 Commissioner's Requests for Reports: Transmittal 



In submitting claims reports to the District offices, supervisors are cautioned to 

 bear in mind the amendment on page 26 of the July Field Program, under the head 

 of "Claims, Reports-Identification." This requirement does not abrogate the pro- 

 cedure calling for transmittal to the District Offices of the letter from the Commis- 

 sioner, or the copy of Notice of Intention to Submit Final Proof, which was the 

 occasion for making the report. It is often impossible to take proper action until 

 the District Law Officer is in possession of the letter which called for the report. 

 Conviction in Criminal Case 



On January 7, R. W. Stuart, formerly Supervisor of the Jefferson National Forest, 

 plead guilty in the District Court for the District of Montana to an indictment charg- 

 ing him with the embezzlement of funds received by him under color of his official 

 position. 



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