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Revised Form 283 



Attention is called to "OE" circular letter of July 3. A report on the revised 

 Form 283 should be submitted on each project which has been authorized, as soon 

 as possible after the close of each month. When a supply of the revised form is 

 received from the printer, a sufficient number will be sent to each supervisor with- 

 out requisition. 



Correspondence for Ogden 



Attention is again called to "OE" circular letter of March 5. A number of letters 

 are being received in the Washington office which should be sent to Ogden. All 

 letters for the Ogden office should be sent directly to that point, and duplicates should 

 not be sent to the Forester. The original and duplicate copies of all estimates should 

 also be sent to Ogden. It is not necessary to send carbons of letters to the Forester 

 to the Ogden office. Please give this matter careful attention. 



OFFICE OF ORGANIZATION. 



Excessive Number of Appointments 



Supervisors requesting the appointment of men in excess of the number given in 

 the allotment letter of June 20 must state either that the salaries of such men will 

 be charged wholly to authorized improvement projects or that part of the allotted 

 force will be furlonghed or separated later to offset the amount to be paid such 

 appointees. It is not absolutely necessary to keep the personnel exactly as given in 

 the allotment letter with respect to number and grade, but the salary allotment for 

 the year must in no case be exceeded. 



Care should be taken in the use of Form 143 to show what part of the salary of 

 each employee is properly chargeable to administration salaries and what part is 

 payable from the improvement fund, and the charges on Form 99 should be dis- 

 tributed to correspond with Form 143. 



Proclamation Diagrams 



Proclamation diagrams of a number of the National Forests in accordance with the 

 plan of redistricting have already been sent the supervisors concerned. Diagrams 

 for the other Forests will be sent as soon as they can be printed. In many cases 

 natural topographic features, as divides or rivers, have been adopted as boundary 

 lines. It should be clearly understood that the actual location of the divide or river 

 will govern, and not the location as shown on the diagram. When divides or streams 

 are improperly located on these diagrams supervisors are requested to report the fact 

 to the Forester as soon as possible. In every case the supervisor should submit a 

 diagram showing the line as it should be corrected. 



Construction and Improvement of Trails 



By the instructions on the new Form 99 and in circular letter OO of June 19 it was 

 not intended to imply that Forest officers should not construct and improve trails in 

 cases where no allotments of money have been made for that purpose from the 

 Improvement Fund. The construction and maintenance of trails is an importan- 

 part of the regular work of a Forest officer, and should be carried on wherever post 

 sible, by the regular force, regardless of whether or not money from the Improvement 

 Fund has been set aside for that purpose. 



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