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record case. The permit, 874-8 and 874-9, is being revised in order that it 

 may be filed more conveniently. The object of the cancellation of Form 164 

 is to do away with the need for copying the data from the permit to the card 

 record. 



Wall Map of the National Forests 



A wall map of the United States showing the National Forests will be issued 

 February 1. The size is 64 by 84 inches. It will be printed in four colors, 

 showing culture, drainage, State boundaries, and the Forests. It will be in 

 four sheets and unmounted. Supervisors and inspectors will receive copies 

 without requisition, and persons not in the Forest Service may obtain the map 

 on payment of 25 cents. 



BRANCH OF GRAZING. 



Instructions Regarding Grazing Trespass 



The following circular letter is to be sent to Forest officers: 



JANUARY 16, 1908. 

 To FOREST OFFICERS : 



In future cases of grazing trespass upon the National Forests you will please 

 proceed in accordance with the following instructions: 



In Civil Cases 



The Forest officer upon discovering a grazing trespass should take imme- 

 diate steps to protect the Forest from injury. The owner of the stock should 

 be ordered to remove it an once, or, if the situation is urgent, the Forest officer 

 may remove the stock in any reasonable way that does not injure it physically. 



A distinction should be made betw r een (a) unpermitted stock and (6) per- 

 mitted stock. 



(a) Forest officers may drive unpermitted stock from any portion of the 

 forest upon discovery of its presence. Or they may allow the owner or herder 

 a reasonable time to remove it, but if they refuse to go the person in charge 

 of the stock may be arrested and the stock removed from the forest. (See 

 procedure In Criminal Cases.) 



(&) Permitted stock may be removed from any portion of the Forest not 

 allotted to it, but the permit can not be canceled or the stock removed from the 

 area allotted to it without authority from the Forester. 



The Forest officer who discovers trespassing stock should, as soon as possible, 

 prepare a report in duplicate on Form 856 to be submitted to the supervisor. 

 This report should contain clear-cut, definite statements upon the following 

 points : Date of trespass ; actual or approximate number of stock grazed in 

 trespass and method of determination; brands or earmarks of stock and re- 

 corded ownership of same; location of area trespassed upon by legal subdivi- 

 sions or a definite description by local landmarks; whether Forest boundaries 

 were properly marked at point of trespass or not and whether trespasser has 

 ever been advised of the exact location of the Forest boundary ; the names and 

 addresses of all witnesses having knowledge of the facts, together with a brief 

 synopsis of their testimony. All questions contained in the printed form should 

 be answered. 



This data should be complete, even though insert sheets must be used in the 

 report. The Forest officer should then add his own recommendation relative 

 to the terms and methods of settlement and action to be taken, and forward 

 both copies of the report to the supervisor. No report of a grazing trespass 

 should be forwarded to the Forester until the trespasser has had an opportunity 

 to present his version of the facts to the supervisor. Propositions of settle- 

 ment should not be prepared in full for the signature of the trespassers, but 

 instead the trespasser shrr- hi l>- furnished the blank form upon which he may 

 set forth his side of the case. 



Upon receipt of the re ; ort, the supervisor will consider it carefully and, if 

 he thinks a good case has been presented against the trespasser, he will advise 



