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posted in his office during the period of publication, and the 

 entryman must keep a copy of the final-proof notice and a copy 

 of the plat of his survey prominently posted on the lands platted 

 for at least thirty days prior to the day on which he offers his 

 final proof, and at the same time his final proof is offered he 

 must file an affidavit showing the date on which the copies of 

 the notice and plat were posted on the land, and that they re- 

 mained so posted for at least thirty days thereafter. 



13. This act does not apply to any lands situated in the 

 counties of Inyo, Tulare, Kern, San Luis Obispo, Santa Bar- 

 bara, Ventura, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange, Riverside, 

 and San Diego, in the State of California, and entries made for 

 lands in the Black Hills Forest Reserve can only be made under 

 the terms and upon the conditions prescribed in sections 3 and 4 

 of this act. 



[NOTE. The act of Feb. 8, 1907 (34 Stat., 883), excepted 

 certain townships in the Black Hills from these conditions. 

 (See p. 243.) The act of May 29, 1908 (Public 173), sub- 

 jected to the operation of the act all the above-named 

 counties in California except San Luis Obispo and Santa 

 Barbara.] 



14. This act does not authorize any settlements within forest 

 reserves except upon lands which have been listed, and then 

 only in the manner mentioned above, and all persons who at- 

 tempt to make any unauthorized settlement within such re- 

 serves will be considered trespassers and treated accordingly. 



Very respectfully, 



G. F. POLLOCK, 

 Acting Commissioner. 

 Approved : 



THOS. RYAN, 



Acting Secretary. 



MARCH 12, 1908. 

 REGISTERS AND RECEIVERS, U. S. Land Offices. 



SIRS: Your attention is called to paragraph 8 of the regula- 

 tions of July 23, 1907 (36 L. D., 30), relative to the surveying 

 of lands entered within national forests, under the act of June 

 11, 1906 (34 Stats., 233), and you are informed that surveys 

 of tracts entered under this act will not be required when such 

 tracts can be described as quarter-quarter sections or lotted 

 portions of surveyed sections, or as a quarter or a half of a 

 surveyed quarter-quarter section or rectangular lotted tract, 

 or as a quarter or a half of a surveyed quarter quarter-quarter 

 section or rectangular lotted tract. 



