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of the district in which the licensee intends to locate. If the same 

 location is sought by more than one applicant priority of applica- 

 tion shall not rule as to applications made in the same month, but 

 the application for the smallest location shall, in such case, receive 

 first consideration. And wherever a survey of the location is nec- 

 essary the applicant shall pay half of the expense of such survey, 

 and whenever the licensee begins operations upon his location he 

 must notify the local forest inspector, and all cutting and disposal 

 of the timber and other forest products shall be done under the 

 supervision of the local inspector and in accordance with such reg- 

 ulations as the Commissioner of Forests shall prescribe. 



DUTIES OF FOREST COMMISSIONER. 



SEC. 14. That the Commissioner of Forests shall properly sub- 

 divide and arrange into divisions and districts of proper size, such 

 forest lands as shall constitute the forest reserves and forest lands 

 remaining under his control, shall organize a forest service, and 

 appoint inspectors and rangers for the protection and proper admin- 

 istration of said forests, and establish a practicable system of for- 

 estry. He shall make reasonable rules and regulations for the pre- 

 vention of trespass on said lands and for their protection from fire 

 or injury from other causes, and for the conservation of the forest 

 growth, and he shall be empowered, if necessary, on account of 

 any threatened detriment to the forestry interest, and, if the local 

 demand warrants, to have cut and to dispose of any timber which 

 is not taken under the licenses herein provided. The Commis- 

 sioner of Forests shall have the power to regulate pasturage and 

 any occupancy whatsoever upon the forest lands, and he shall make 

 such other regulations, with the approval of the Secretary of the 

 Interior, as may appear necessary to carry into effect the purposes 

 of this act. He shall make to Congress annually a full and detailed 

 report of his proceedings and those of the assistant commissioners, 

 and all moneys received from the sale of timber or any other 

 privileges he shall pay into the Treasury of the United States. 



CO-OPERATION WITH OTHER OFFICERS. 



SEC. 15. That the Commissioner of the General Land Office, sur- 

 veyors-general, registers and receivers, and other federal' officers 

 connected with the public lands, are directed to co-operate with 

 and assist the Commissioner of Forests to the extent of their 

 power in the selection, classification and management of the public- 

 forest lands. 



CO-OPERATION WITH STATE BOARDS. 



SEC. 16. That whenever any of the States in which public forest 

 lands are situated shall have instituted and provided for a forest 



