SERVICE NOTES FOR MARCH. 



These notes contain instructions and necessary information for 

 Forest officers, and will, therefore, be carefully read and kept on file 

 for reference. 



OFFICE OF THE FORESTER. 

 LAW. 



Carbon Copies of Official Correspondence- 



It is the uniform custom of the Department of Justice to submit copies of official 

 correspondence in reference to special cases to the several United States attorneys in 

 whose districts the cases arise. Since it is much easier to have an extra carbon made 

 than to make a complete new copy, the Department of Justice has informally re- 

 quested that a carbon be submitted with the original letter. Hereafter, therefore, 

 letters to the Attorney-General should be transmitted with three carbon copies, in- 

 stead of two. as formerly. 



Proposition of Settlement in Litigated Cases 



In cases which have been referred to the Department of Justice, no settlement 

 should be accepted until the United States attorney has been consulted. When suit 

 has been actually instituted, settlement must be 'made through the United States 

 attorney upon recommendation of the Forest Service. When ciiminal action has 

 been instituted, no settlement of any civil damages which the Government may have 

 sustained should be made by Forest officers until after consultation and agreement 

 with the United States attorney. 



Fire Trespass: Criminal Prosecution 



S. R. Taylor pleaded guilty in the United States court for the eastern district of 

 Washington to setting a fire within the Colville National Forest. He was fined $25 

 and costs ($154.25) and was committed to the Spokane County jail until final costs 

 were paid. 



Grazing Trespass: Permanent Injunction Issued 



In the civil case against J. D. Combs, in the United States district court for Oregon, 

 for grazing cattle upon the Deschutes National Forest without a permit, a decree was 

 entered permanently enjoining him from trespassing, and from pasturing or grazing 

 cattle upon the Forest without a permit, and further adjudging him to pay $25 dam- 

 ages and costs, amounting to $80. This judgment he paid in full. 



Cases Decided 



On motion of the defendants, Joseph Luxen and James W. Zimmerman, final 

 decrees were issued, on January 26, by the circuit court for Colorado, enjoining the 

 defendants from grazing cattle on the Holy Cross National Forest. 



A decree in equity was issued on .January 7 by Judge Garland, in the circuit court 

 of South Dakota, western district, in the case of Lewis et al. v. Garlocketal. (the 

 United States intervenor) sustaining the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to 

 sell timber on an unperfected mining location in the Black Hills National Forest. 



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