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ALLOTMENT. 



REG. 46. The Secretary of Agriculture will prescribe 

 each year the jramher of stock tq_be_ allowed in each Na- 

 tional Forest. The period during which grazing will be 

 allowed and the grazing fees to be charged will be de- 

 termined by the Forester. The supervisor will issue graz- 

 ing jBermits in accordance with the instructions of the 

 Forester. In the allotment of grazing permits the regular 

 occupants of_ the range whoown and reside upon_ im- 

 proved ranchjropert^in or near the National Forests will 

 be given first cojisiderairon^butjwill be limited to a number 

 which will not exclude regular occupants who reside or 

 whose_stock are^winteredlatla greater distance from the 

 National Forests^ 



The grazing season for which permits are issued must 

 not exceed the period authorized, and the total number 

 of stock included in all permits issued must not exceed 

 the number allowed by the Secretary's order. 



The supervisor may allow stock to enter not more 

 than fifteen days in advance of the date fixed for the 

 beginning of a grazing period, or allow it to remain 

 fifteen days after the expiration of the regular grazing 

 period, when the needs of the people demand such 

 action and the condition of the range warrants it. 



Grazing permits will be issued only for periods which do 

 not exceed those authorized by the Forester, and permission 

 to (Miter before or remain after the regularly established dates 

 will be given by a letter written to the applicant. 



The period covered by year-long permits will begin 

 at the opening of the regular summer grazing season 

 and end on the day previous of the following year. 



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