115 



costs of prosecution, amounting to $29.48, maKing a total of $104.48, 

 which was paid. 



United States v. Gold Basin Lumber & Shingle Co. : This case was 

 referred to the Department of Justice for the institution of suit to 

 collect $1,828.23 on account of breach of contract entered into by 

 United States and Gold Basin Lumber & Shingle Co., but was settled 

 without suit on the payment of $233.90, the actual amount found to 

 be due, and the company was given until August 1, 1915, to remove 

 the remainder of the timber. 



United States v. Chas. W. Mock : On March 23, 1915, the Federal 

 grand jury at Seattle, Wash., returned an indictment against Mock, 

 under section 32 of the Penal Code, for falsely assuming or pre- 

 tending to be a forest officer and thereby obtaining money from 

 various persons. Mock was at one time a forest guard on the Wash- 

 ington National Forest .and retained some articles which assisted him 

 in his personation of a forest official. The date for trial has not 

 been fixed. 



OPERATION. 

 Leave Regulations 



The revised National Forest Manual did not continue the authority 

 hitherto given to supervisors to grant to forest officers leave of absence 

 without pay for periods not exceeding 30 days. Special authority has 

 been received from the Secretary of Agriculture empowering the super- 

 visors to grant all forms of leave, with the limitations stated below. 

 The first amendment to the Manual will include the following para- 

 graph, to be inserted between the first and third paragraphs, under 

 the heading " Leave of absence," at the top of page 11-A of the new 

 Manual : 



Annual and sick leave within the legal limit may be granted 

 by the supervisor to forest officers. Leave of absence without pay 

 may also be granted for periods not exceeding 30 days by the super- 

 visor to forest officers at their own request when the public busi- 

 ness will not suffer by the absence and when reasonable cause is 

 shown, such as important personal business or emergencies of a 

 serious nature. Leave without pay for more than 30 days will be 

 granted only by the Secretary of Agriculture. The formal recom- 

 mendation should state the nature of the business or emergency 

 necessitating the absence. 



Use of Penalty Envelopes 



Attention has been called to the fact that the instructions under 

 " Purchase of barbed wire," on page 39-A of the Manual, state as fol- 

 lows : "An addressed franked envelope should always be included with 

 orders." Since this is in conflict with paragraph 104 of the "Adminis- 

 trative regulations," amended by Secretary's memorandum No. 117, 

 the instructions should be disregarded in future. The first amendment 

 to the Manual will include instructions to strike out this sentence. 



