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the local forest, stock, and game laws, provided the services to 

 be rendered under such appointments do not interfere with the 

 duties of their Federal employment. 



THEODORE ROOSEVELT. 

 THE WHITE HOUSE, June 13, 1907. 



Right of Way for Railroads, Canals, Reservoirs, Etc. 



DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 



GENERAL LAND OFFICE. 

 WASHINGTON, D. C., April 25, 1906. 



AMENDATORY CIRCULAR. 



In accordance with the agreement made by and between the 

 Department of the Interior and the Department of Agri- 

 culture, paragraph 2 of the circular of February 11, 1904 

 (32 L. D., 481), and paragraphs 3 and 66 of the circular of 

 September 28, 1905 (34 I,. D., 212), except the last clause 

 in each relative to construction in advance of approval or 

 specific permission, which will remain as at present, are 

 hereby amended so as to read as follows : 



Whenever a right of way is located upon a forest or timber- 

 land reserve, the applicant must enter into such stipulation 

 and execute such bond as the Secretary of Agriculture may 

 require for the protection of such reserves. 



This amendment applies to forest or timber-land reserves only, 

 not to national parks. 



W. A. RICHARDS, 



Commissioner. 

 Approved, April 25, 1906. 



E. A. HITCHCOCK. Secret fir\i. 



REGULATIONS GOVERNING HOMESTEAD ENTRIES WITHIN NATIONAL 

 FORESTS. 



DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 



GENERAL LAND OFFICE, 

 Washington, D. C., September 7, 1906. 

 REGISTERS AND RECEIVERS, U. 8. Land Offices. 



SIRS : Your attention is called to the act of June 11, 1906 (34 

 Slat., 233). This act authorizes homestead entries for lands 

 within forest reserves, and you are instructed thereunder as 

 follows : 



[NOTE. For copy of the act see p. 189.] 



1. Both surveyed and unsurveyed lands within forest reserves 

 which are chiefly valuable for agriculture and not needed for 



