12. The sealers shall see that, before being removed from 



where cut, every stick of timber is marked on both ends by the logger 

 with a " U. S." marking hammer, and also that it is bark marked; 

 and such sealers shall number and scale, under Scribner's rules, in 

 the log after being cut and before the same is removed from the place 

 where banked all logs cut under the application and agreement under 

 said act. 



Said sealers shall keep in suitable books for reference a record of 

 the marks, also a complete list of numbers of all logs, with the scale 

 of each log set opposite its number, said scale books to be open to the 

 inspection of the check sealer or to any authorized government rep- 

 resentative at all times. 



13. All timber must be scaled on the banking ground, landing, or 

 skidway, and before it is placed on cars or put into the water. 



14. All trees shall be cut with a saw whenever practicable and as 

 low down as practicable. 



15. All merchantable water-killed or blown-down pine timber which 

 is 6 inches or over at the small end shall be logged. Any such timber 

 left in the woods shall be scaled under the direction of the superin- 

 tendent of logging and paid for by the purchaser of the timber at 

 double the regular stumpage rate. No tree shall be left lodged in 

 process of felling. 



16. So far as reasonable all branches of the logging operations 

 shall keep pace with each other. In no instance will the brush piling 

 or burning be allowed to fall behind the cutting and removing of 

 logs. It is the duty of the superintendent and of his assistants under 

 his directions to see that the cutting is, as far as practicable, on con- 

 solidated areas and is not distributed here and there over the entire 

 tract. 



17. All tops and litter from trees cut under these rules must be 

 burned so as to be safe against fire, under the supervision of the 

 forest supervisor of the Bureau of Forestry, and at such time as he 

 shall select, but the burning of tops or other material larger than 8 

 inches in diameter, or of tops or litter not made by logging under 

 these rules, will not be required. The piles must be compact and 

 large enough to burn clean without repiling, and must not be so near 

 young growth or standing green trees as to endanger either of them, 

 and must be placed where there is least danger of the fire spreading. 



18. Unnecessary damage to young growth or trees left for seed 

 must be carefully avoided. 



19. As few log roads as practicable shall be cut, nor shall they be 

 made wider than is actually necessary. 



20. In case of the failure of a purchaser to comply with the direc- 

 tions of the superintendent of logging and his assistants in the mat- 

 ter of the piling and the burning of the brush and debris, the super- 

 intendent of logging shall have the same properly piled and burned 

 and charge the expense thereof to the purchaser of the timber in the 

 next monthly scale bill, first, however, giving the purchaser written 

 notice of his intention to pile and burn the brush and debris and 

 allowing him ten days from the date of such notice to comply with 

 his instructions. 



21. All instructions and demands from the superintendent or his 

 assistants to or upon the loggers or purchasers shall be made in 

 writing, including the demand for payment to be made when due, 

 as hereinafter provided for. Legible press copies of such instruc- 



