72 THE USE BOOK. 



linear foot. Cord wood should never be measured on the basis 

 of the board foot. Dead timber should be valued at the same 

 price as green in National Forests where the prices are equal in 

 sales. The scaling or measuring of free-use material may be 

 omitted in a few exceptional cases, when it incurs a much 

 greaTer expense than the value of the material .justifies. For ex- 

 ample, if~a~bona fide settler, who has given proof of his desire 

 to comply with' the regulations of the Forest Service, asks for 

 permission to obtain a small amount of free-use material, scal- 

 ing, measuring, or counting may be omitted if it would require 

 two or three days' riding on the part of the ranger in whose 

 district the applicant lives. 



REG. 23. No applicant will be given more than two 

 free-use permits in one year, nor may the aggregate 

 amount of material granted in the two permits exceed 

 $20 in value, except in cases of great or unusual need, 

 or in the case of school districts, churches, and noncom- 



^mercial cooperative organizations, when the supervisor 

 may, in his discretion, extend the amount to any value 

 not exceeding $100. Free-use permits aggregating over 



J100_in value may be granted only by the Forester. The 

 duration of any permit will be fixed by the issuing officer, 

 but all permits must terminate on or before June 30 of 

 each year. 



If the permittee fails to remove timber within the time 

 stated in the permit, the Forest officer may grant the tim- 

 ber to another applicant. A permit will not be renewed to 

 an applicant who has failed to use it, until the tract has 

 been open to application by others for thirty days. In 

 cases of unusual emergency, however, it may be extended 

 by the supervisor, or, if for $20 or less, by a ranger author- 

 ized to grant free use. 



