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2. All correspondence with subordinate officials of the Interior Department and 

 the General Land Office on matters controverted between them will be prepared for 

 the signature of the Secretary of Agriculture. 



3. All letters transmitting favorable reports on claims by which lands will be alien- 

 ated from the National Forests, all letters to the Secretary of the Interior listing 

 lands under the act of June 11, 1906, accompanied by the report thereon by the ex- 

 amining officer, and all letters to the Secretary of the Interior reporting on right-of- 

 way applications, accompanied by the stipulations and reports relating thereto, 

 will be prepared for the signature of the Secretary of Agriculture. 



4. The District Forester may correspond with officials of the local land office as 

 hitherto (a) when transmitting unfavorable reports; (&) when making requests for 

 status; and (c) in all other matters about which there is no difference of opinion 

 between the officials of the two departments. 



Criminal Action Dismissed 



The criminal case against Claes William Anderson, for cutting timber from the 

 Siskiyou National Forest, was, on December 14, dismissed on motion of the United 

 States attorney. 



OPERATION 

 Transfers 



In a number of instances lately members of the Service have made requests for 

 transfer to other Districts, Forests, or Offices, without first taking the matter up with 

 the officars in charge of the work to which thery were then assigned. In no case 

 should the question of transfer be taken up by any officer in charge of one District or 

 Forest with a subordinate in another District or Forest, or with anyone making are- 

 quest on behalf of such subordinate, without the knowledge of the officer in charge of 

 the other District or Forest which may be indicated either by correspondence or by 

 endorsement or initialing on the subordinate's request for transfer. Misunderstand- 

 ings and needless correspondence will be obviated if this rule is followed. 

 Transfer of Salary Card- 

 Under the new card-accounting system, when a member is transferred from one 

 Forest to another the procedure provided on page 51 of the Manual of Procedure for 

 transfer of salary card (Form 19) should be followed by Forest supervisors. Care 

 should be taken by the transferring supervisor, however, that the substitute card 

 prepared for his own file hi accordance with the instructions given on page 51 of the 

 Manual is complete before the original is forwarded. The record of leave card (Form 

 24) should also be transferred, in order that the Forest to which a member is assigned 

 may have his full record. 

 Special Transportation and Personal Services Defined 



In the meaning of Paragraph 14 (c) of the Fiscal Regulations "special transporta- 

 tion" includes the hire of teams, automobiles, boats, etc., by the day, week, or month 

 and does not include ordinary hack or taxicab fares, for which, as for s;reet-car fares, 

 subvouchers are not required. "Personal services" means the employment of labor 

 at a per hour, per diem, or per month rate. The cleaning of offices, mowing of lawns, 

 repairing of tools, and other repair work are not "personal services" in the meaning 

 of the regulation. 



