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for a larger proportionate reduction on the applications of regular users who are non- 

 residents, or whose ranches are located at a distance from the Forest, than is made 

 on the larger owners who reside and own ranch property in the vicinity of the 

 Forest. 



The Use of Private Land 



A very decided change takes place on January 1 in regard to the method of hand- 

 ling applications for crossing and grazing permits under the provisions of Regulation 

 58. Hereafter these applications will be acted upon by the supervisors, without being 

 referred to the Forester for approval, whenever information regarding the title to the 

 land has been furnished in the Atlas Folios, on alienated land maps, or by township 

 plats which have been verified through the records of the General Land Office. It 

 is of the greatest importance that the supervisors do not approve applications which 

 are based upon land the title to which has not been verified by the Forester; that 

 they keep an accurate check on the lands included -in each application in order to 

 prevent duplication; that they do net issue free grazing permits for a greater number 

 of stock than could be grazed upon the private land when the exclusive right to its 

 use is waived; and that they do not issue crossing permits for a larger number of stock 

 than the unfenced land will support when the owner does not waive the right to its 

 exclusive use. The only report required by the Forester is furnished by the dupli- 

 cate permit, which should be sent to him immediately after its issuance. 



Giving Notice when Stock Enter Forest 



It has been found that in many cases it was very inconvenient for stockmen fully 

 to comply with Regulation 51 in reference to notifying the supervisor of the time 

 when their stock would enter the Forest. Therefore, the first paragraph of this reg- 

 ulation has been amended to read as follows: 



When an owner who has a permit is ready to drive in his stock he must notify 

 the nearest Forest officer, by mail or otherwise, stating the number to be driven in. 



This means that hereafter the stockmen, instead of notifying the supervisor, as 

 heretofore, will notify the ranger or guard in charge of the district upon which the 

 stock will graze. As no notice of the time when stock will leave the Forest is now 

 required, it will be necessary for the Forest officers to see to it that stock are not 

 kept in the Forest after the expiration of the permits. 



BRANCH OF OPERATION. 

 OFFICE OF MAINTENANCE. 



Mail at Christmas Time 



Owing to the great amount of mail handled at Christmas time, the Postmaster at 

 Washington requested the different Departments to let their outgoing second-class 

 mail be as light as possible between December 17 and 27. This request will, there- 

 fore, curtail the shipment of supplies and the mailing of publications by the'Office 

 of Maintenance. 



Planimeters 



Supervisors who desire planimeters for use on their Forests should make requi- 

 sition, and explain the need for the instruments. 



