78 THE USE BOOK. 



No attempt should be made to sell the sound standing green 

 timber upon unperfected valid mining or other claims, whether 

 they are being actively used or not. 



The Forest Service has the undoubted right to sell 

 any timber upon a land claim to the rightful claimant 

 for any use whatever. A sale may be made, also, to a 

 third party, with the consent of the rightful claimant, 

 which should be in writing and filed with the other 

 papers in the case. 



CLASSES OF SALES. 



REG. 30. All Forest officers whom the supervisor may 

 designate are authorized to sell dead and green timber not 

 exceeding $50 in value. All supervisors are authorized to 

 sell green and dead timber not exceeding $100 in value. 

 The Forester is authorized to make timber sales for larger 

 amounts and to delegate this authority in special cases. 



Under Reg. 30 sales fall into these three chisseg : 



(A) Rangers' sales. Not over $50 in__Yalue_af dead 

 orliving^ timber^ 



No delay is involved. The applicant should consult 

 in person the nearest Fores^officer, who will deslgjiate 

 the timber, fix the terms .of _sale, and at once, ujDon 

 assurance^_that the required payment has been Jor- 

 warded to the Fiscal Agent, permit cutting and removal. 



Formal application is made in triplicate and signed in dupli- 

 cate by the purchaser, who sends the required payment to the 

 Fiscal Agent, with a letter of transmittal given him by the 

 Forest officer, who will at once fill out a copy, mark it " Dupli- 

 cate," and forward it to the Forester through the supervisor 

 (p. 150). 



The duplicate should state, in addition to information given 

 in the original, the kind of timber, whether green or dead, and 



