84 INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING FOREST SURVEYS, ETC. 



Owing to changes in some National Forests many of 

 the metal posts used to mark the boundaries, as surveyed 

 by the Geological Survey and approved by the General 

 Land Office, have become misleading. As these posts 

 usually mark section corners, and also furnish valuable 

 points for reference, they must not be removed, but their 

 misleading marks may be canceled. This will be done 

 by cutting, with a sharp cold chisel, a line through any 

 misleading word or words, the intention being to cancel 

 them without rendering them illegible. 



On no account shall any portion of the markings which 

 are still true, or partly true, be thus canceled. For 

 example, in the following cases, the words which, in a 

 National Forest, may be canceled are shown. 



AQUARIUS FOREST RESERVE mWW POST NO. 27, 



BLACK HILLS BWWBAW POST NO. 18. 

 UNITED STATES FOREST RESERVE SAK JACIHTO BOUNDARY POST NO. 43. 



Outside of a National Forest the words which, for 

 example, may be canceled are shown thus: 



UNITED STATES FOREST RESERVE MADISON 30UKDARY POST NO. 37, 



In every case when any mark on a post is canceled 

 the same cancellation must be made on the bearing trees 

 if their marks are misleading, by cutting a groove across 

 the word. 



A report must be made to the Forester giving the 

 location and number of each post canceled and stating 

 which of the markings thereon have been canceled. 



