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this head in cases where immediate arrest is necessary. Under 

 ordinary circumstances settlement should be required as pro- 

 vided in civil cases, and criminal action recommended only in 

 cases in which settlement is impossible. 



In cases where immediate action is necessary in order to 

 protect the Forest from damage, or in any clear case where 

 the trespasser is liable to escape if not arrested at once (p. 

 255), the ranker will place the trespasser under arrest if he 

 is detected in the act of committing a trespass; will notify 

 the supervisor at once*, advising him of the need for immediate 

 action, the evidence against the trespasser, and the United 

 States Commissioner before whom the hearing will be held. 

 He will also secure evidence upon all of the points mentioned 

 under the head of civil cases. He will immediately take the 

 prisoner before the proper Commissioner, swear to a complaint, 

 represent the Forest Service at the hearing, and hold the 

 prisoner for disposition according to the instructions of the 

 Commissioner. After the case has been acted upon by the 

 Commissioner the ranger will submit full reports upon the 

 proper forms, as in a civil case, to the supervisor, including a 

 statement regarding the urgency of the need for the arrest, 

 and the decision and rulings of the Commissioner. 



The supervisor upon receipt of the ranger's preliminary re- 

 port should endeavor to attend the hearing before the Com- 

 missioner as a representative of tli" Forest Service, or, failing 

 in that, should give the ranger full instructions relating to 

 the management of the case, approving or disapproving the 

 ranger's action in making the arrest. As soon as- the 

 case before the Commissioner has been decided and the 

 ranger has submitted full reports upon the proper forms, the 

 supervisor should consider, approve, and record them in 

 the proper manner, and forward all papers in the case to the 

 Forester for action, adding such recommendations as are neces- 

 sary, and stating in full all rulings and decisions made by the 

 Commissioner, after which he should await instructions from 

 the Law Officer before proceeding further. 



