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voir sites, rights of way, or other administrative uses, 

 shoulcHbe selected, so far as possible, from nonmineral, 

 unclaimed lands, and will be specially reserved from 

 any form of location or entry. Supervisors should rec- 

 ommend sufficient reservations to meet the future as 

 well as the present needs of the Service. The act of 

 August 30, 1890 (Appendix, p. 223), reserved rights 

 of way for ditches and canals constructed by author- 

 ity of the United States over all lands to be entered 

 thereafter under any of the laws of the United States. 



If it becomes necessary to recommend the reservation of land 

 probably valuable for mining purposes or embraced in an invalid 

 claim, a special report should accompany the recommendation, 

 showing the necessity for reservation and the character of the 

 claim. 



No site should be selected which is in whole or in part actually 

 occupied or used in good faith for agricultural or mining pur- 

 poses or for a home, whether the claim is legally valid or not, 

 unless no other suitable tract is available for the purpose in 

 view. If such a tract is selected because no other tract is suit- 

 able, that fact should be stated and explained in detail, and a 

 report on the claim, on the proper form, should accompany the 

 recommendation for withdrawal. All possible* consj^eration 

 should be shown to such occupants and users, and for this pur- 

 p'ose rull report should be made of all facts as to the occupancy ; 

 the kind, condition, and value of the improvements, and the 

 good faith of the claimant. The Forester will carefully con- 

 sider the validity of the claim, and, even if it is technically in- 

 valid, the propriety of paying for the improvements and securing 

 a relinquishment, or of confining the site to the unimproved 

 portion of the claim. If there are no claims on the sites recom- 

 mended this fact should be stated. Conflicts with homestead 

 applications under the act of June 11, 1906, should be avoided 

 if possible. When they can not be avoided they should be dealt 

 with in the spirit of the above instructions. 



