122 THE USE BOOK. 



In all cases where a trespasser lias paid the damages assessed 

 against him, or has paid the fine imposed upon him by the court 

 as a penalty for having grazed stock upon the National Forest 

 in trespass, the case will be closed without prejudice, and his 

 subsequent applications for grazing permits or other uses of the 

 National Forest may be considered upon their merits. 



The attention of all Forest officers is called to the fact that 

 where information is furnished to the Service relative to tres- 

 pass upon the National Forests or violations of the laws and 

 regulations for the use of the National Forests, it should 

 always be considered as strictly confidential. 



Such information, without which the Service often could not 

 successfully determine the truth or falsity of the charges made, 

 should never be subject to idle gossip or discussion in public 

 where it can be used to the injury and distress of the person 

 furnishing it. 



KEG. 50. Permits will be granted only for the exclusive 

 use and benefit of the owners of the stock, and will be for-, 

 f eited if sold ^r transferred in any manner or for any con- 

 sideration. (Appendix, p. 214.) Speculation in the use 

 of grazing permits will not be allowed, and permits will be 

 refused or canceled for intentional false statement of the 

 number of stock owned. 



In case a permittee shall sell the stock covered by 

 permit to a purchaser who wishes to continue grazing 

 it on the National Forest, upon presentation to the 

 supervisor of evidence that the sale is bona fide, the 

 permit will be canceled and a new permit will be 

 issued to the purchaser, without cost, for the remainder 

 of the grazing period allowed in the original permit. 

 The issuance of a permit under these circumstances does 

 not carry with it any guaranty that a renewal will be 

 allowed for the number of stock the original permittee 



