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will make a list of the bids and will without delay forward the list, 

 bids, and accompanying checks or certificates of deposit to the Gen- 

 eral Land Office. 



On the same day that they forward said bids, checks, etc., the 

 register and receiver will send to each bidder at the sale two blank 

 bonds and agreements and a copy of the rules and regulations for 

 the selling and removal of the pine timber from the lands. 



7. Within ten days after notice by telegraph that his bid has been 

 accepted by the Secretary of the Interior each successful bidder will 

 be required to enter into and file an agreement and bond on forms 

 approved by the Secretary of the Interior, the penalt m y of the bond to 

 be of an amount which shall be 50 per cent of the estimated value of 

 the timber embraced in the bid and purchase. He may submit one 

 agreement and bond for all the timber awarded him at the sale, the 

 agreement and bond to sufficiently identify and describe all the land. 

 The bond shall be conditioned for the payment for said timber and 

 for the faithful performance of said agreement, and for the ob- 

 servance of these regulations. The agreement and bond may be 

 acknowledged by the purchaser of the timber, and the bond by 

 sureties, before any officer authorized to take the acknowledgment of 

 deeds in the State or Territory where executed. 



In case of individual sureties, the parties will be required to justify 

 in accordance with the special rules in regard thereto provided by 

 the department, and the sufficiency of such sureties must be certified 

 by the United States judge or district attorney of the district where 

 such sureties reside. 



8. Upon the filing in their office of said agreement and bond, duly 

 executed, the register and receiver will immediately forward them 

 to the General Land Office for transmission to the Secretary of the 

 Interior. The agreement and bond may also be filed in the General 

 Land Office. Notice of approval of said agreement and bond by the 

 Secretary of the Interior shall be wired to the purchasers by the 

 General Land Office. 



9. Written notice of intention to begin removal of timber must be 

 given by the purchaser to the superintendent of logging, whose ad- 

 dress is Cass Lake, Minn., at least ten days in advance. 



10. The sale of the timber will be subject to the right of the State 

 of Minnesota to make selection of swamp and overflowed lands under 

 the act of March 12, 1860 (12 Stat., 3), which matter is now pending. 



11. The superintendent of logging and his assistants shall supervise 

 the cutting, scaling, and removal of the timber. It shall be their duty 

 to see that the rules and regulations are fully complied with; to see 

 that no timber other than pine is cut, except as is allowed by the 

 Secretary, and that no logs are removed from the place where banked 

 until paid for; to see that all tops and refuse are promptly and 

 properly burned or removed to prevent fire; to see that Indian labor 

 is employed where practicable; and to supervise and direct the labor 

 of the sealers. The superintendent shall make monthly reports of the 

 "progress of such work, and of the time, habits, and competency of his 

 assistants and of the sealers, and he and his assistants shall generally 

 perform such services in and about the sale of the pine timber on 

 feaid lands and the cutting of the same therefrom, and the care and 

 protection of all timber on said lands as may be required of them 

 by the said Secretary. 



