86 THE USE BOOK. 



more bonds will be required, except in special cases. The 

 responsibility of the sureties must be established by the 

 supervisor and reported upon in all bonds requiring the 

 approval of the Forester. Supervisors may approve any 

 bonds in sales of Class A and Class B. 



In Class C sales to an incorporated company supervisors 

 should require the officer who signs for the company to furnish 

 the Forester a copy of or extract from the articles of incor- 

 poration or the by-laws or resolutions of the board of directors, 

 authorizing the officer to execute the papers for the company. 

 This copy or extract should be certified by the secretary of the 

 company under the corporate seal. 



When witnesses are required to the execution of any contract, 

 if possible one should be a Forest officer and the other the 

 notary public who takes the acknowledgment. 



An officer of a company or corporation should not be allowed 

 to apply for or purchase in his own name timber for the use 

 of the company or corporation, but the application should be 

 made in the name of the company. 



REG. 37. No timber cut under any contract shall be re- ' 

 moved from the place selected for scaling, measuring, or 

 counting until it has been scaled, measured^ or counted and 

 stamped by the Forest officer] 



No person, except a Forest officer, shall stamp any tim- 

 ber belonging to the Government upon a National Forest 

 with the regulation marking ax or with any instrument 

 having a similar design! 



No live trees shall be cut under any contract until 

 marked or otherwise designated by a Forest officer. 



No treeiT within the limits of a National Forest, or upon 

 any unpatented claim within a National Forest, shall be 

 cut, girdled, or otherwise killed or destroyed, except under 

 permit or where otherwise allowed by law. 



