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action, the evidence against the trespasser, and the United States commissioner 

 before whom the hearing will be held; he will also secure evidence upon all of the 

 points mentioned under the head of civil cases. He will immediately take the pris- 

 oner before the proper commissioner, swear to a complaint, represent the Forest 

 Service at the hearing, and hold the prisoner for disposition according to the instruc- 

 tions of the commissioner. After the case has been acted upon by the commissioner, 

 the ranger will submit full reports upon the proper forms, as in a civil case, to the 

 supervisor, including a statement regarding the urgency of the need for the arrest, 

 and the decision and rulings of the commissioner. 



The supervisor upon receipt of the ranger's preliminary report should endeavor 

 to attend the hearing before the commissioner as a representative of the Forest 

 Service, or, failing in that, should give the ranger full instructions relating to the 

 management of the case, approving or disapproving the ranger's action in making 

 the arrest. As soon as the case before the commissioner has been decided and the 

 ranger has submitted full reports upon the proper forms, the supervisor should 

 consider, approve, and record them in the proper manner, and forward all papers 

 in the case to the District Forester for action, adding such recommendations as are 

 necessary, and stating in full all rulings and decisions made by the commissioner, 

 after which he should await instructions from the Law Officer before proceeding 

 further. 



In all cases where a trespasser has paid the damages assessed against him, or has 

 paid the fine imposed upon him by the court as a penalty for having grazed stock upon 

 tte National Forest in trespass, the case will be closed without prejudice, and his 

 subsequent applications for grazing permits upon the National Forest may be con- 

 sidered upon their merits. 



The attention of all Forest officers is called to the fact that where information is 

 furnished to the Service relative to trespass upon the National Forests or violations 

 of the laws and regulations for the use of the National Forests, it should always be 

 considered as strictly confidential. Such information, without which the Service 

 often could not successfully determine the truth or falsity of the charges made, should 

 never be subject to idle gossip or discussion in public where it can be used to the in- 

 jury and distress of the person furnishing it. 

 Reports of Predatory Animals Killed 



The instruction contained in the circular of March 4, "Classified list of reports on 

 National Forest work," which requires that the hunters' monthly report, Form 343, 

 be approved by the supervisor and forwarded to the District Forester, is at variance 

 with the instructions contained on page 67 of the revised grazing regulations, which 

 contemplate the retention of the hunters' reports, Form 343, in the supervisor's 

 office and the preparation, not later than July 15, of an annual report showing the total 

 number of predatory animals destroyed during the preceding fiscal year. The in- 

 struction contained in the circular of March 4 is erroneous and the procedure outlined 

 on page 67 of the revised grazing regulations should be adhered to. Hunters' monthly 

 reports and rangers' quarterly reports should be retained in the office of the supervisor 

 and the totals reported at the close of each fiscal year. 



