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The Office concerned will enter on the slip and card by carbon duplication the 

 date, case heading or subject, and key initials of the office, and forward the card 

 "to the supervisor with the request for report or action. 



The slip will be filed in the Office promise-card box two weeks ahead, as a re- 

 minder. 



The supervisor will enter on the card the date on which he will take the 

 action required, sign it and mail it as a post card to the forester. 



When the card is received by the Office concerned, the reminder slip will be 

 destroyed and the card filed under the date given by the supervisor. 



The promise card will not be used in cases- of the following classes, which 

 will be handled in the tinle limits specified, in the absence of special instruc- 

 tions : 



Contracts sent out for execution, one month. 



Form 935, " Certificate of Publication," three weeks. 



Special-use permits and agreements for execution, one month. 



ACTION BY THE SUPERVISOR. 



The supervisor will check up action which he instructs his subordinates to 

 take, through the use of a white card and yellow slip, 3" by 5", on which are 

 printed identical request for the report or other action required. In each case, 

 both will be filled in, the white card mailed to 1 the subordinate, and the yellow 

 slip filed as a reminder until the action is taken. 



The card received from the supervisor should be retained by the subordinate 

 Forest officer until the required report has been made, and a memorandum of its 

 character and the date it is due will be entered on his desk calendar^ When 

 the report is forwarded to the supervisor the card will be destroyed. 



OVERTON W. PRICE, 



Associate Forester. 

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