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Withdrawal of Land for Administrative Sites 



By letter dated March 20, 1908, the Secretary of the Interior held that pub- 

 lic land outside the Xation.il Forests, in the States of Oregon, Washington, 

 Idaho, Montana. Colorado, and Wyoming, may be withdrawn for use as admin- 

 istrative sites by the Forest Service, notwithstanding the provision of the agri- 

 cultural appropriation act of March 4, 1907 (34 Stat, 1271, Use Book, p. 169), 

 that no addition to National Forests in those States shall be made except by act 

 of Congress. He said : 



The proposed withdrawal is not to be made under the laws authoriz- 

 ing the creation of forest reserves. The prohibition of the act of March 

 4, 1907, which was clearly directed against the exercise of authority 

 given by those laws, should not be enlarged by construction to include a 

 prohibition against the exercise of the recognized power of the Executive 

 to set apart portions of the public land for a public use. 



On May 15, 1908, however, the Comptroller of the Treasury decided that the 

 current appropriation for General Expenses, Forest Service, can not be used for 

 the purchase of administrative sites in these States. 



BRANCH OF SILVICULTURE. 



OFFICE OF FOREST MANAGEMENT. 



Refund Entries on Cards 



In a timber sale, timber settlement, or timber trespass, when a Form A re- 

 fund voucher, properly signed by the person to whom the refund is to be made, 

 is forwarded to the fiscal agent by the supervisor, the latter should enter on the 

 card the amount to be refunded, as though the refund had already been made. 

 In case a voucher is not approved, the supervisor will be notified by the office 

 of accounts, and the refund entry should then be stricken out on the card. The 

 snme procedure should be followed when a voucher for refund is sent to the 

 supervisor from the Washington office. 



Free Use Discontinuance of Form 874-9 



Form 874-9 has been discontinued, and all officers in charge should see that 

 the supply of this form is destroyed at once. Form 874-8, " Revision of Febru- 

 ary 1," will be used instead. This form should bo made out in triplicate, and 

 the issuing officer, after approving it, should give one to the permittee, send 

 another to the supervisor, and retain the third for his own information. 



OFFICE OF 



Additions to Libraries 



The student's edition of the Standard Dictionary and Hodgeman's Land Sur- 

 veying have been purchased and will be placed in the field libraries. 



A large number of colored slides illustrating conditions in the newly created 

 Glacier National Park, Montana, have recently been added to the collection. 



BRANCH OF GRAZING. 



Agricultural Lands Within Pastures 



Application for the inclosure of both pasture and agricultural lands, in cases 

 where the amount of agricultural land is not more than 40 acres, may be desig- 

 nated as " Pasture," and one permit may be issued covering both uses of the 

 Forest. The fee should be based upon a charge of not less than 25 cents per 

 acre for the agricultural land and not less than 4 cents per acre for the pasture 

 land, in accordance with the regulations. 



