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permits for grazing may be issued for five-year periods. If the system proves 

 a success upon these Forests it will be extended to other Forests next year. 

 The general plan is not to authorize the approval of applications for permits 

 for five-year periods until a Forest has been under administration at least 

 three years. A protective limit in number is established for each kind of stock, 

 and permits for more than these limits are subject to 10 per cent reduction 

 annually, if necessary to provide for new small owners. These permits are 

 to be issued in annual installments, and the grazing fee at the regular cur- 

 rent rate must be paid each year in advance. The permits are not transfer- 

 able, but in case the stock is sold a new permit will be issued free of charge 

 for the remainder of the period for which the fees have been paid. A new 

 application blank, Form 298, has been prepared for permits for five-year 

 periods, and samples may be had upon application to -the Branch of Grazing; 

 but supervisors must not approve the applications under any circumstances 

 until after they have been authorized to do so by the Forester. 



Aliens are Entitled to Grazing- Permits 



There appears to be doubt in the minds of some of the Forest officers in 

 regard to whether or not persons who are not citizens of the United States 

 are entitled to grazing permits. It is important that this matter should be 

 made clear before the time for approving applications for permits during the 

 coming season. The regulations in force upon the National Forests (forest 

 reserves) at the time of their transfer from the Department of the Interior 

 to the Department of Agriculture prohibited the issuance of grazing permits 

 to persons who were not citizens of the United States. It was found that in 

 many cases this has caused considerable hardship and prevented the issuance of 

 permits to settlers who had but recently arrived in the country, and also that, as 

 a rule, the aliens whom it was desired to exclude were the owners of transient 

 stock and might be denied permits under the rules of preference. Therefore, 

 in the revision of the regulations on July 1, 1906, this regulation was cut out, 

 and now persons who are not citizens may be allowed grazing permits, provided, 

 of course, that they are bona fide residents and owners of improved ranch 

 property either within or adjacent to the Forest, or that they are otherwise 

 entitled to consideration under the present regulations. 



BRANCH OF OPERATION. 



OFFICE OF ACCOUNTS. 



Certificate of Service 



Amended Form 143 (certificate of service) is now ready for distribution, 

 and the initial supply has been forwarded by the property clerk. This form 

 should be used by supervisors and temporary special disbursing agents strictly 

 in accordance with the instructions printed on the back, for the purpose of 

 reporting the period of service for which pay is due supervisors, rangers, and 

 guards, and the period of service of other employees whose accounts are to ~be 

 paid ~by the fiscal agent at Washington, D. C. It is important that the post- 

 office address accompany all names reported on this form. 



