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Advertised Class B Sales 



The attention of the supervisors who have been authorized to advertise Class 

 B sales is called to the fact that the amount of timber which can be advertised 

 under the authorization is limited to the amount named in the letter of 

 authority, whether the timber is advertised under a general notice or in response 

 to an application. Furthermore, the authority is given to the person named in 

 the letter and does not go with the office, so that a Forest officer who is in charge 

 of the office during the supervisor's absence is not authorized to advertise under 

 the supervisor's letter of authority. 



In making advertised Class B sales in which the board foot is not the unit 

 of scale, supervisors should be sure that the amount included in the sale is not 

 in excess of the amount they have been authorized to sell. For instance, when 

 it becomes necessary to convert board measure into cord measure or vice versa, 

 a cord should be considered equivalent to 500 feet, B. M. 



Form of Timber Sale Applications 



All applications for timber should be piepared, as nearly as possible, in the 

 form which will be followed in the final contract, since this gives to purchasers, 

 from the beginning of the transaction, an idea of just what will be required of 

 them. The contracts sent out in Class C sales should be used as models, so far 

 as applicable. 



Entries in Scale Books 



Forest officers in charge of timber sales should make all entries directly in 

 the scale books and not transfer them from notebooks or from cards. This- 

 practice has arisen from a desire to keep the books clean, but is not advisable, 

 owing to the chance of error in making such transfers. It is better to have the 

 original record in the scale book, even at the sacrifice of neatness. 



Sawmills 



Clause C, under Regulation 10, page 44, of the Use Book, is amended by 

 striking out the second line. This correction will appear in the next reprint of 

 the Use Book. It is intended that supervisors may not issue permits for saw- 

 mills of the capacity of more than 20,000 feet B. M. per day, regardless of 

 whether or not such mills are being operated in connection with a sale of 

 National Forest timber. 



Publication of Advertisement 



The number of publications of a notice of sale, under the Secretary's letter 

 of authority, must not exceed five, the number named in the letter of authority, 

 since the publishers' account can not be allowed for more than that number. 

 When it is necessary to correct serious errors in a notice, the last day for receiv- 

 ing bids should be made thirty days from the date of the first appearance of the 

 corrected notice, so that a full periou of thirty days will be allowed for sub- 

 mitting bids. The number of publications should not, however, be increased. 

 In Class B sales, also, the number of publications should not exceed five. 



