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remove the stock in any reasonable way that does not injure it 

 physically. 



A distinction should be made between (a) unpermitted stock 

 and (b) permitted stock. 



(a) Forest officers may drive unpermitted stock from any 

 portion of the Forest upon discovery of its presence, or they may 

 allow the owner or herder a reasonable time to remove it; but 

 if he refuses to go, the person in charge of the stock may be 

 arrested and the stock removed from the Forest. (See pro- 

 cedure in criminal cases.) 



(&) Permitted stock may be removed from any portion of the 

 Forest not allotted to it, but the permit can not be canceled or 

 the stock removed from the area allotted to it without authority 

 from the Forester. 



The Forest officer who discovers trespassing stock should, as 

 soon as possible, prepare a report in duplicate on Form 856, to 

 be submitted to the supervisor. This report should contain 

 clear-cut, definite statements upon the following points: Date of 

 trespass; actual or approximate number of stock grazed in 

 trespass and method of determination ; brands or earmarks of 

 stock and recorded ownership of same: location of area tres- 

 passed upon by legal subdivisions, or a definite description by 

 local landmarks; whether Forest boundaries were properly 

 marked at point of trespass or not, and whether trespasser has 

 i ver been advised of the exact location of the Forest boundary; 

 the names and addresses of all witnesses having knowledge of 

 the facts, together with a brief synopsis of their testimony. All 

 questions contained in the printed form should be answered. 



This data should be complete, even though insert sheets must 

 be used in the report. The Forest officer should then add his 

 own recommendation relative to the terms and methods of set- 

 tlement and action to be taken, and forward both copies of the 

 report to the supervisor. No report of a grazing trespass should 

 be forwarded to the Forester until the trespasser has had an 

 opportunity to present his version of the facts to the supervisor. 

 Propositions of settlement should not be prepared in full for the 

 signature of the trespasser, but instead, the trespasser should 



