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reach private lands within the limits of a National Forest, may be issued either to the 

 owner or the person in charge of the stock; but permits allowing stock to be grazed 

 upon a National Forest, in exchange for the use of private lands, will be issued only 

 to the owner of the stock. No permits will be required for stock which is to be driven 

 along a public highway. 



Renewal of Permits to Purchasers of Stock 



In case a permittee shall sell the stock, which is being grazed under permit, to a 

 purchaser who wishes to continue grazing it on the National Forest, upon presentation 

 to the supervisor of evidence that the sale is bona fide, the permit will be canceled 

 and a new permit will be issued to the purchaser, without cost, for the remainder of 

 the grazing period allowed in the original permit. The issuance of a permit under 

 the.re circumstance.? does not carry with it any guaranty that a renewal will be allowed 

 for the number of stock the original permittee might have been entitled to graze. It 

 is granted with the understanding that in subsequent permit allotments the purchaser 

 will be considered solely upon the merits of his case. 



The purchase of stock by a person not otherwise entitled to consideration will not 

 entitle the purchaser to share in the grazing privileges during the following year j but 

 when the purchaser is a resident ranch owner a renewal of the permit may be allowed 

 for not to exceed 80 per cent of the number of stock covered by the original permit. 

 When both the stock and the ranches used in connection with it are purchased,* an 

 equitable share of the grazing may be allowed the new owner after such sliding-scale 

 reduction has been made as would have been required of the original permittee. The 

 purchase of stock from an owner who has used the range less than three years will not 

 entitle the purchaser to any preference in renewal of the permit. 



The preference given on account of prior use of the range is a personal privilege and 

 is not transferable. In all cases where the renewal of a permit is allowed on account 

 of the purchase of stock, a waiver to the United States of all claims to a renewal of the 

 permit for the number of stock sold should be signed by the original permittee arid 

 filed with the supervisor. 



All grazing permits issued on account of the purchase of stock will be subject to the 

 maximum limit restrictions, after the expiration of the ensuing permit period. No 

 person, partnership, or corporation will be allowed a renewal of permit for stock pur- 

 chased on a number in excess of the maximum limit established by the District 

 Forester. 



Sliding- Scale Reductions 



Hereafter all sliding-scale reductions will be based upon the number of stock 

 grazed under permit during the previous year. The full reduction will be made on 

 the permits of all applicants who either do not own improved ranch property or are 

 nonresident ranch owners and winter their stock upon the open range. Resident 

 ranch owners who winter their stock upon the adjoining open range, regular users 

 who purchase winter feed for their stock from resident ranch owners, and nonresident 

 ranch owners whose stock is fed during the winter upon the products of their lands 

 need only be reduced 75 per cent of the regular sliding scale. Persons owning and 

 residing upon improved ranches, who feed their stock during the winter upon the 

 products of their lands, need only be reduced 50 per cent of the regular sliding scale. 



