SERVICE ORDERS. 



SERVICE ORDER 3. 



AUGUST 16, 1907. 



Revision of Instructions Under Grazing Regulations. 



To Forest Supervisors: 



The following amendments are hereby made in the general information given 

 by " The Use Book " for 1907 in reference to grazing regulations : 



On page 96, in the information under Regulation 40, the second paragraph is 

 amended to read : 



The supervisor may allow stock to enter not more than fifteen days in 

 advance of the date fixed for the beginning of the grazing period, or allow 

 it to remain fifteen days after the expiration of the regular grazing period, 

 when the needs of the people demand such action and the condition of the 

 range warrants it. 



On page 116 the last sentence of the first paragraph is amended to read : 



The reservoirs will be kept in repair by the permittee, and will remain 

 the property of the United States. 



The words " and will be opened to other stock on the Forest " have been 

 stricken out, as it is the intention to allow stockmen the privilege of fencing 

 stock-watering reservoirs built by them on portions of the range to the exclusive 

 use of which they are entitled. 



Forest officers will please note these changes and act in accordance with this 

 revision of the regulations. 



JAMES B. ADAMS, 



Acting Forester. 



SERVICE ORDER 4. 

 (Amends National Forest Order No, 23.) 



SEPTEMBER 1, 1907. 

 Administrative Sites. 



No site should be selected which is in whole or in part actually occupied or 

 used in good faith for agricultural or mining purposes or for a home, whether 

 the claim is legally valid or not, unless no other suitable tract is available for 

 the purpose in view. If such a tract is selected because no other tract is suit- 

 able that fact should be stated and explained in detail, and a report on the 

 claim, on the proper form, should accompany the recommendation for with- 

 drawal. All possible consideration should be shown to such occupants and 

 users, and for this purpose full report should be made of all facts as to the 

 occupancy; the kind, condition, and value of the improvements, and the good 

 faith of the claimant. The Forester will carefully consider the validity of the 

 claim and, even if it is technically invalid, the propriety of paying for the 

 improvements and securing a relinquishment, or of confining the site to the 

 unimproved portion of the claim. If there are no claims on the sites recom- 

 mended this fact should be stated'. Conflicts w T ith homestead applications under 

 the act of June 11, 1906, should be avoided if possible. When they can not be 

 avoided they should be dealt with in the spirit of the above instructions. 



JAMES B. ADAMS, 



Acting Forester. 



SERVICE ORDER 5. 



SEPTEMBER 1, 1907. 

 Claims Procedure. 



1. Your attention is called to the circular of the General Land Office, dated 

 June 26, 1907, as to the contesting of land claims in National Forests. (Copy 

 annexed. ) 



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