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9. Upon due request the law officer should draft bills for State and National legis- 

 lation and may, if he desires, submit suggestions and recommendations to the Forester 

 in reference thereto with such draft. 



Within their respective spheres the District Law officers should occupy the same 

 relation to the District Foresters and their assistants as the Law Officer will sustain 

 to the Forester. This relation is partially defined in divisions 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7. 

 Very respectfully, 



(Signed) R. W. WILLIAMS, JR. 

 (Signed) CHAS. R. PIEKCE. 



We concur in the above report and recommend its adoption. 



(Signed) HENKY S. GRAVES, Forester. 



(Signed) GEO. P. MCCABE, Solicitor. 



APPROVED: 



(Signed) JAMES WILSON, Secretary of Agriculture. 

 United States Entitled to Relief against the C., M. and St. P. R. R. 



On February 12 the United States Circuit Court for the District of Idaho rendered 

 a memorandum opinion in the case of the United States v. The Chicago, Milwaukee 

 and St. Paul Railway Co. (see December, 1908, Field Program, p. 129), overruling 

 the demurrer and exceptions to the bill, and holding that upon the facts stated the 

 Government is entitled to equitable relief. 



OPERATION 



Use of Form 861 



The printed instructions to Forest Officers on the reverse side of Form 8G1 has 

 been changed to read: 



Furnish this form to persons making payments for timber and for the use of 

 land or other resources of the National Forests, except grazing. Enter in the 

 spaces provided the amount of the remittance and the designation of the transac- 

 tion on account of which the payment is made. Do not use this form for 

 grazing permits. 



The note in the April, 1909, Field Program, page 234, is therefore amended in 

 accordance with this change. 

 Letters of Authorization- 

 Beginning April 1, 1910, the use of the following forms of Letters of Authorization 

 will be discontinued: 



Forms 370, 372b, 374a, 374b, 375a, 375b, 382a. and 382b. 



New forms are being prepared and will be ready for distribution on or before 

 March 21. No requisition for these forms will be necessary, since the Property 

 Clerk has been requested to forward a supply when printed. 

 Reimbursement for Lodging at Ranger Stations 

 (Amends note on page 186, December, 1909, Field Program.) 

 Forest officers should in no case be charged for lodging at a ranger station, which 

 is the property of the Government. When, however, a ranger is living in a house 

 of his own, or in one rented by him, it is entirely reasonable that a charge for lodging 

 be made to Forest officers. The custom of making a charge for the use of blankets 



