Ill 



BRANCH OF LANDS. 



OFFICE OF LAW. 



Civil and Criminal Actions Recommended 

 Coronado National Forest Philip Contzen, occupancy trespass. 



Criminal Action Begun 



Chiricahua National Forest C. T. McGlone, former Forest Supervisor, bound over 

 to the grand jury on a charge of embezzlement. 



Cabinet National Forest C. R. Weare, W. C. Finnigan, and Z. Caza, special use 

 trespass (saloon). Caza fined $50; all three men agree to discontinue maintenance 

 of saloon upon the National Forest. 



Resolution by International Tax Conference 



A resolution was adopted by the International Tax Conference at Toronto, Octo- 

 ber 9, 1908, as follows: 



Resolved, That it is within the legitimate province of tax laws to encourage the 

 growth of timber, to protect watersheds, and to insure a future timber supply. 



And legislation, or constitutional amendment if necessary, is recommended 

 for these purposes. 



Waters and Water Courses 



The following section is an amendment to the mimeographed circular of June 12, 

 1908, sent to Forest officers: 



14. In all cases where actual diversion and use of the water can not be imme- 

 diately made, or made within a reasonable time after the administrative site is, 

 withdrawn, the supervisor should, for the purpose of giving notice to the public, 

 comply with the requirements of state laws with reference to the recording of 

 notice of appropriation of w r ater. Reimbursement will be made for the expense 

 of such recording. 



Application for Injunction Denied 



A decision was recently made in the United States court for the district of Nevada 

 against the Eureka Live Stock Company, denying its application for an order tem- 

 porarily restraining the Forest Service from administering the Toiyabe National 



Forest. 



OFFICE OF OCCUPANCY. 



Settlement: Reports on Forest Homestead Applications 



Numerous reports upon Forest Homestead Applications, Form 110, have been 

 received recommending action upon tracts of land the descriptions of which do not 

 agree with the descriptions contained in the applications. This may be due to an 

 error on the part of the examiner, or the inability of the applicant properly to 

 describe the land desired. In cases of this kind it is very important that the report 

 should explain the discrepancy. 



Report on Claims 



When a supervisor receives notice from a local land office that commutation proof 

 is to be made on homestead entries, the report to the Forester should contain a 

 statement to that effect, and should show the date on which proof is to be offered, 

 since ordinarily the information is not procurable from the General Land Office until, 

 after final papers are issued and are received at that office. 



