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The occurrence must be explained in sufficient detail to show 

 beyond reasonable doubt that the loss was not due to fault or neg- 

 ligence, and that every effort toward recovery was made. After 

 the certificate is approved by the supervisor both copies will be 

 sent to the District Forester. 



The District Forester will either relieve the member from, or 

 charge him with, responsibility for the loss, and will send both 

 copies of the Form 858 to the Property Auditor. 



When the member is relieved from responsibility for the loss, 

 the Property Auditor will credit him and will indorse on one of the 

 Forms 858, received from the District Forester, a certificate that 

 the member has been credited, and send the form to the member. 



When the member is charged with responsibility for the loss of 

 property, the Property Auditor will enter upon the Form 858 the 

 cost value of the property. He will prepare a letter of transmittal 

 (Form 861) to the proper depository and send one copy of the Form 

 858 and the Form 861 to the member, who will remit the value of 

 the property to the designated depository. 



Upon receipt from the District Fiscal Agent of the certificate of 

 deposit (Form 26) in duplicate, the Property Auditor will credit 

 the member and send him one copy of the Form 26 with an indorse- 

 ment thereon that he has been credited. 



Report of lost property will not be made on the same Form 858 

 with report of unserviceable property. 



Worn and damaged property and inexpensive camp equipment 

 in possession of field parties may be abandoned in the field, when 

 it is impracticable to return it for condemnation as prescribed in 

 section 150. An explicit statement of the date, cause, and location 

 of an abandonment must be forwarded immediately to the District 

 Forester on Form 858 in duplicate. The action to be taken will 

 then follow the procedure when property has been lost. 



Sec. 150. Unserviceable Property. Nonexpendable prop- 

 erty worn out or damaged beyond repair, which has no sale value, 

 will be retained until it can be inspected and condemned by an 

 authorized inspector. A certificate will be prepared and signed by 

 the supervisor on Form 858, in duplicate, to which the inspector 

 will certify that the property has been inspected, condemned, and 

 destroyed. Both copies of the certificate (Form 858) will be sub- 

 mitted for approval to the District Forester. The copies will then 

 be sent to the Property Auditor, who will credit the member and 

 inform him of the action taken by stamped notation on one copy of 

 the certificate. 



Nonexpendable property which is worn out or damaged beyond 

 repair, or which is of no further use to the Service, but which has a 

 sale value, will be retained until it can be inspected, condemned, 

 and its sale authorized. Property must not be sold except by 

 written authority (Form 217) of the Forester, a General Inspector, 

 a District Forester, an Assistant District Forester, or a Chief or 



