32 THE USE BOOK. 



REG. 2. Only legal residents of States or Territories in 

 which appointments are to be made^ and who are between 

 the ages of 21 and 40, are eligible for the ranger examina- 

 tions. This qualification will not be waived under any 

 circumstances. 



Applicants are examined as to fitness for positions in 

 the State or Territory of which they are legal residents. 

 An applicant may, however, take the examination at 

 any place which is most convenient, even though it 

 may not be in the State of w T hich he is a legal resident. 



The restriction as tojgsidance is not imposed upon 

 applicants for the forest assistaiit examination, for 

 which the age limits are 20^and 40 J^ars. 



Information as to the times and places at which 

 examinations will be held, and the steps necessary to 

 secure admission, may be obtained only from the United 

 States Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C. 



FOREST OFFICERS' RIGHT TO ENTER LAND. 



Officers of the Forest Service are prohibited from entering, or 

 becoming interested in, directly or indirectly, any of the public 

 lands of the United States, with this exception : Aj^.est^oJIcer 

 may exercise his rightjinder the town-srte^homesteadj or desert 

 land laws if he intends to make the claim his actual and perma- 

 nent jiome. T?y so doing he may be compelled to choose be- 

 tween ""the claim and his position, should his duties make it 

 impossible for him to comply with the residence and improve- 

 ment requirements. Forest officers must not make application 

 for the examination and listing of lands under the act of June 

 11, 1906, except where claim to the land was secured before the 

 creation .of the Forest, or before the applicant became a Forest 

 officer. 



