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In conducting advertised Class B sales, supervisors should be very careful to 

 observe closely the following directions, combining the instructions in the Use 

 Book, in the circular letter of September 1, 1907, and in past numbers of the 

 Field Program. As soon as the application, map, estimate, report, marking 

 rules, and notice of sale have been prepared, a copy of each should be sent to 

 the Forester, together with the usual duplicate form letter of transmittal for 

 the advertising deposit. The carbon copy of the notice of sale sent to the 

 Forester should show the name and place of publication of the newspaper in 

 which the sale is to be advertised, and a clipping of the first publication should 

 be forwarded, attached to Form 935. As soon as the contract has been prepared, 

 a copy should be sent to the Forester; and as soon as the papers have been 

 executed and approved, the Forester should be notified of the date of execution 

 and approval. In sales in which a bond is required, a copy of the bond should 

 be forwarded as soon as it has been executed and approved. If the purchaser 

 or surety is a corporation, a copy of the evidence of authority of the officer 

 executing the papers for the corporation should be sent without delay. 



In advertised Class B sales, a map should be furnished even when the sale 

 includes only dead timber. 



Excess Cutting- 



In every case when letters of transmittal are issued for excess cutting, the 

 duplicate form letter of transmittal sent to the Forester should show the 

 amount of timber for which the excess payment is required. This is essential 

 in order that proper records of the transaction may be made in this office. 

 When there are different prices in the sale, it is not possible, in the absence of 

 this information, to determine accurately the amount of timber for which the 

 excess payment is required. 



Discontinuance of Form 874-6 



Form 874-6, Report of Timber Cut, for use in the Ranger's Notebook, has 

 been discontinued, owing to the risk of error in transferring the record of the 

 scale from this form to the Scalebook. Until further notice, only the regular 

 Scalebooks and Reports of Timber Cut, Forms 820 and 606, will be used. The 

 attention of supervisors is again called to the smaller Scalebooks which have 

 been prepared for use in all small sales. The supply of Form 874-6 on hand 

 should be destroyed. 



Timber Sale Card 



The Timber Sale Card, Form 615, is printed in three different colors 

 white, salmon, and blue. The white card is for use in sales of $100 or less; 

 the salmon card for advertised Class B sales, and the blue card to designate 

 Forester's sales. The use of these cards will enable supervisors to distinguish 

 the different sales more readily, and requisitions for any of the cards not in 

 stock should be made promptly. 



Approved Surety Companies 



Supervisors will soon receive lists of the approved surety companies author- 

 ized to do business in the several States as sole sureties on bonds in favor of 

 the United States. The list sent to each supervisor will cover only the State 

 in which his National Forest is located. It wiM be revised from time to 

 time as changes occur. The changes will be noted in the Field Program, and 

 it is very necessary that supervisors keep their lists corrected, in order that 

 there may be no unnecessary delay in approving bonds at the Washington office. 



