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(36 L. D., 112), as amended November 25, 1907 (36 L. D., 178)." This amendment 

 is in accordance with the General Land Office circular of June 23, 1908, to registers 

 and receivers and special agents. 



Assignments of Geologists. It is very important that all supervisors to whose For- 

 ests geologists are assigned shall notify the Forester as far in advance as possible as 

 to when the geologists will complete their work. This is absolutely necessary, for 

 the assignment of geologists to other Forests must be arranged in advance to avoid 

 loss of their time. 



Boundaries; Administrative sites 



The attention of all Forest officers is called to the following circular letter from the 

 Acting Director of the Reclamation Service to the supervising and project engineers 

 regarding administrative sites on lands withdrawn under the reclamation act. When- 

 ever a supervisor knows from his records, or otherwise, that a tract desired for 

 administrative uses is covered by a reclamation withdrawal, he should at once com- 

 municate with the project engineer (or w ? ith the supervising engineer if there is no 

 project engineer) in order to secure from him the necessary written statement, 

 which must accompany the report, on Form 271, to the Forester. The addresses of 

 the supervising and project engineers of the Reclamation Service will be found in the 

 "Reclamation Record," a copy of which will be sent to each supervisor on the 

 first of every month, beginning this month. In order to avoid delays when the 

 engineers are changed, they should be addressed by title and not by name, as, 

 for example, ' ' Supervising Engineer, Reclamation Service, Phoenix, Ariz. , " " Project 

 Engineer, Reclamation Service, Roosevelt, Ariz." 



DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 

 UNITED STATES RECLAMATION SERVICE, 



Washington, D. C., July 9, 1908. 

 To Supervising and Project Engineers: 



In connection with the establishment of additional ranger stations by the Forest 

 Service on tracts which have been withdrawn under the reclamation act, the follow- 

 ing procedure should be observed by the engineers of the Reclamation Service: 



The supervisors of the National Forests have been instructed to confer with the 

 supervising or project engineers with regard to such occupation of lands covered 

 by reclamation withdrawal, whether for ranger stations, ranger pastures, or other 

 similar administrative purposes. Where the conditions are such that the occupancy 

 of the land by the Forest Service would be incompatible with its use by the Recla- 

 mation Service for the purposes for which it was withdrawn the Forest supervisor 

 should be so notified in writing copy to this office. 



In cases where it can be determine^ that the tracts involved will not be required 

 for reclamation purposes, and there is therefore no objection to their restoration, 

 recommendation to that effect should be made direct to this office, when arrange- 

 ments will be made to restore the lands and for their simultaneous withdrawal by 

 the Forest Service, if desired. 



In cases where it is not considered advisable to restore the tracts to the public 

 domain, although the use of the land will not be required by the Reclamation Serv- 

 ice for several years, and there is no objection to their temporary occupation by the 

 Forest Service, action will be taken as follows, in order, if considered advisable, the 

 lands may be temporarily withdrawn for forest purposes: A written statement by 

 the supervising or project engineer should be furnished the Forest supervisor, with 

 copy to this office, that there is no objection to such occupation. It should also be 

 distinctly stated in the letter to the Forest supervisor that in case the Forest Service 

 desires to recommend a second withdrawal for forest purposes, such secondary with- 

 drawal shall contain the following stipulations: That it is subject to the reclamation 

 withdrawal for irrigation purposes; that the reclamation withdrawal is to remain the 

 dominant withdrawal ; that the secondary withdrawal for Forest purposes will be 

 promptly revoked upon due notice that the land is required for reclamation purposes; 

 and that such secondary withdrawal by the Forest Service is subject to the authority 

 of the Secretary of the Interior to change the withdrawal 'for irrigation works to a 

 withdrawal permitting the irrigation of the lands involved. 



Such statement by the engineer will be sufficient basis for a secondary withdrawal 

 by the Forest Service without further reference to this office. 



It is important, however, that this office be furnished with copies of all reports to 

 the Forest supervisors, and that recommendation be made direct to this office in all 

 cases where restorations are to be made of lands withdrawn for reclamation purposes. 

 Very truly yours, 



C H. FITCH, Acting Director. 



