54 THE USE BOOK. 



and title. He can not convey any kind or degree of 

 title to the land itself. He has authority to grant per- 

 mits for the occupancy of lands and the use of resources 

 of National Forests. 



All applications for permits should be filed with the 

 supervisors. They may be granted under the provisions 

 of the act of June 4, 1897, which authorizes the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture to regulate the occupancy and use 

 of National Forests (Appendix, p. 214) , or under the act 

 of February 15, 1901 (Appendix, p. 236), which author- 

 izes him to permit the use of rights of way in National 

 Forests. 



JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. 



The Secretary of the Interior has entire jurisdiction 

 in matters affecting the passage of title to lands in 

 National Forests. (Appendix, p. 218.) Therefore he 

 alone has authority to approve maps of location filed 

 under the several laws which grant rights of way 

 amounting to easements affecting the title to the lands. 



PERMITS. 



REG. 6. Permits are necessary for all occupancy, uses, 

 operations, or enterprises of any kind within National 

 Forests, whether begun before or after the National For- 

 est was established, except: (a) Upon patented lands; (b) 

 upon valid claims for purposes necessary to their actual 

 development and v consistent with their character; (c) 

 upon rights of way amounting to easements for the pur- 

 poses named in the grants; (d) prospecting for minerals, 



