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TRANSACTIONS AFFECTING INDIVIDTAL ACCOTNTABILITY. 



W, hen property is issued to a ratiyer, the supervisor will prepare three copies of Note- 

 book Form 874-16 (one as a memorandum copy for his tiles), give each the same 

 voucher number, and send two signed copies to the ranger to whom the property is 

 issued. The supervisor will make the proper entries in his Individual Accountability 

 record. The ranger will upon receipt of the articles sign both copies, return one to 

 the supervisor, and retain and file the other. When the signed copy is received and 

 filed by the supervisor, the memorandum copy can be destroyed. 



When property is transferred &// one ranger to another, the ranger making the transfer 

 will prepare three copies of Notebook Form 874-16. He will sign two copies and 

 send them to the ranger to whom the property is transferred, retaining one as a mem- 

 orandum. When the transfer is made in person, the memorandum copy will be 

 omitted. The ranger to whom the property is transferred will, upon receipt of the 

 property, sign both copies, retain one for his files, and send the other to the ranger 

 making'the transfer, who will forward it to the supervisor. The supervisor will give 

 it a voucher number, make the proper entry in his Individual Accountability record, 

 and file the receipt. Before filing the receipt, the supervisor will make and sign two 

 copies of Form 874-16. He will send one to the ranger making the transfer and the 

 other to the ranger to whom the articles have been transferred. In case a memo- 

 randum copy was kept by the ranger transferring the property, this copy can be 

 destroyed when the supervisor's signed copy is received. 



When property is issued by rangers to temporary employee*, Form 943, Temporary 

 Transfer of Property, will be used to cover the transaction. 



On the last day of each quarter the supervisor will send to each ranger a list of the 

 property charged to him on the Individual Accountability record. He will prepare 

 two copies of this list on Form 330, sign one of them as an invoice, and send both to 

 the ranger. The ranger will check up his property, sign one copy of the list as a 

 receipt, making an appropriate note on it in case the account is incorrect, and return 

 it to the supervisor. As soon as the correctness of the list is established it will be 

 filed, and all previous inventories, invoices, and receipts will be destroyed. 



On June 1 and December 1 of each year the supervisor will send the Forester an 

 abstract of his Forest accountability record. This abstract will be made on Form 

 330, a copy of which is inclosed. 



OVERTON W. PRICE, 



Associate Forester. 



SERVICE ORDER 16. 



APRIL 30, 1908. 

 Reports on Predatory Animals Killed by Forest Officers. 



Beginning June 1, each supervisor upon whose Forests rangers or guards are 

 employed as hunters will submit a monthly report to the Forester showing the 

 work accomplished during the preceding month in the extermination of predatory 

 animals. This report should be a summary of the hunter's daily service reports 

 riled in the supervisor's office. It should be prepared in duplicate by the hunter, 

 who will send both copies to the supervisor, with his service report, at the end of 

 each month. The supervisor will retain one copy and send the other to the 

 Forester. In this report the number of animals of each kind killed should be 

 stated; also the manner in which they were killed, whether by trap, gun, poison, 

 or dogs, and any other information which may be of interest. 



A new form ( No. 343) to be used in making this report will be furnished upon 

 requisition. Predatory animals killed by Forest officers other than hunters should be 

 reported by them only in their daily service reports, and supervisors should com- 

 pile the data at the end of each month and submit a report to the Forester by 

 letter. 



OVERTON W. PRICE, 



Associate Forester. 



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