SERVICE NOTES FOR AUGUST. 



OFFICE OF THE FORESTER. 



LAW. 



The attention of supervisors in South Dakota, Montana. Washington, Idaho, 

 and Wyoming is called to the decision of the Secretary of the Interior in the 

 case of South Dakota v. Riley (34 L. D., 657), noted in the Use Book at pages 

 222 and 223. Under this decision all trespasses committed on supposed school 

 sections before their identification by survey and by the filing of the township 

 plat in the local land office should be reported to the Forester. No lease or 

 permit from the State will excuse the trespasser before the -filing of the plat. 

 This interpretation of the law was contested by the register of the State land 

 board of Montana, Mr. John P. Schmit, and submitted to the attorney-general of 

 the State, who advised the register, by letter dated June 17, that the State had 

 no rights before survey. To the same effect is the decision of the supreme 

 court of Montana in the case of Clemmons v. Gillett (33 Mont, 321 ; 83 Pac., 

 879). 



An International Forest Fire 



The Secretary of State has called upon the Forest Service to furnish an ex- 

 pert to examine and report upon the damage done by a forest fire which started 

 in connection with the work of resurveying the boundary line between Vermont 

 and Canada, and which burned timber on both sides of the line. Eugene Bruce, 

 expert lumberman, has made the examination for the Service, and his report 

 will soon be transmitted to the Secretary of State. 



BRANCH OF SILVICULTURE. 



OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT. 



Card Record of Deposits and Timber Cut 



In recording the amount of timber cut on Form G15 (Timber Sale), the record 

 should be cumulative, the full amount cut to date being given and not the 

 amount cut since the last report or entry upon the card. The record of deposits, 

 however, should not be cumulative, but should be a record of each separate pay- 

 ment, entered with the date and number of the certificate of deposit. 



Advance Cutting 



When advance cutting is allowed in any timber sale, the Forest officer in 

 charge of the sale should be furnished with a copy of the application before 

 cutting begins. 



Reports on Examinations of Class C Sales 



Many of the reports on timber-sale examinations are incomplete, since they 

 fail to recommend the manner in which the sales should be handled. This is an 

 essential part of the report and should in no case be omitted. (See page 77 of 

 " The Use Book.") The Forest officer who makes the examination must deter- 

 mine, while on the ground, (1) whether or not the sale should be made; and 

 (2), if the sale is recommended, how the timber should be cut and removed in 

 order to leave the cutting area in good condition. His report should cover the 



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