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districts to be administered under rules and regulations similar to those now in force 

 on the forest reserves, the lands to remain open to homestead settlement and all 

 other entry under the public land laws, and all permits or leases to be issued with 

 the understanding that the entry of land would act as a cancellation of the permit or 

 lease for the land so entered, bonafide settlers to be allowed to graze free of charge 

 stock used for necessary domestic purposes and to be given an equitable allotment of 

 range adjacent to their homes not later than the beginning of the next annual grazing 

 period. 



When applications for grazing permits are approved, a duplicate of Form 762 

 should be sent to the Forester immediately, but a duplicate of Form 861 is not nec- 

 essary and should not be sent except when a demand is made upon a person for 

 trespass damages. In this latter event a duplicate of Form 861 should always be 

 forwarded. 



It is important whenever any special action is taken in the approval of an appli- 

 cation or the issuance of a grazing permit that an explanatory note be made on the 

 lower left-hand corner of the duplicate notice, Form 762, for the information of the 

 Forester. 



Applications should not be numbered until they have been acted upon, and those 

 which are disapproved should not be included in the numbered series. 



In case the total number of any kind of stock applied for before the date which 

 has been set does not equal the number allotted to the reserve, applications received 

 subsequently may be approved until the total number authorized by the Secretary 

 of Agriculture has been reached. 



OFFICE OF RESERVE ORGANIZATION. 



Letters to the Forester. 



It is not in accordance with Use Book Regulations for forest officers in the field to 

 address letters directly to the Forester. They should address the Forester only 

 through the officer in charge of the reserve to which they are assigned. 



Badges. 



The attention of forest officers is called "to the need for exercising greater care of 

 their badges. They are the official emblem of their authority, and should on no 

 account be lost. 



Attention of the forest officers is called to the fact that telegrams relating to leave 

 of absence, salaries, and expense accounts are not official, and will be disallowed by 

 the Auditor in every case. They should be sent prepaid, and the replies by this 

 office will be sent collect. 



A standard padlock of the highest quality has been adopted for use on the reserves 

 and may now be obtained on requisition. Since the locks are all fitted by the same 

 key requisitions should state the number of keys that will be needed. 



