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insect infested and diseased timber, and thinnings. 

 Green material may be taken in exceptional cases 

 where its refusal would clearly cause unwarranted 

 hardship. The use of such material is granted 

 freely: (1) To bona fide settlers, miners, resi- 

 dents, prospectors, for fire wood, fencing, building, 

 mining, prospecting, and other domestic purposes; 

 and to any one in case its removal is necessary for 

 the welfare of the Forest ; ( 2 ) for the construction 

 of telephone lines when necessary for the protec- 

 tion of forests from fire; (3) to certain branches 

 of the Federal Government. Free use is not 

 granted for commercial purposes or of use in any 

 business, including sawmills, hotels, stores, compa- 

 nies or corporations. Such persons are required to 

 purchase their timber. 



The aggregate amount of free use material 

 granted annually to any user must not exceed $20 

 in value, except in cases of unusual need or of dead 

 or insect infested timber, the removal of which 

 would be a benefit to the forest, or in the case of 

 any timber which should be removed and whose sale 

 under contract cannot be effected. In these cases 

 the amount may be extended to $100. Supervisors 

 have authority to grant free use permits up to 



