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nated "special uses." Among these are the use or 

 occupancy of lands for residences, farms, apiaries, 

 dairies, schools, churches, stores, mills, factories, 

 hotels, sanitariums, summer resorts, telephone and 

 telegraph lines, roads and railways; the occupancy 

 of lands for dams, reservoirs and conduits not used 

 for power purposes ; and the use of stone, sand, and 

 gravel. No charge is made for a large number of 

 these permits, some of which are the following: 

 (1) agricultural use by applicants having prefer- 

 ence rights under the Act of June 11, 1906; (2) 

 schools, churches, and cemeteries; (3) cabins for 

 the use of miners, prospectors, trappers, and stock- 

 men in connection with grazing permits; (4) saw 

 mills sawing principally National Forest timber; 

 (5) conduits, and reservoirs for irrigation or min- 

 ing or for municipal water supply; (6) roads and 

 trails (which must be free public highways) ; (7) 

 telephone lines and telegraph lines with free use of 

 poles and connections for the Forest Service. 



The occupancy and use of National Forest land 

 or resources under a special use permit (except 

 those given free of charge) are conditioned upon 

 the payment of a charge and are based upon certain 

 rates. Agricultural use of land is given to permit- 



