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whatsoever, whether in the public service or not. In connection with this latter 

 provision, the United States Supreme Court has held that a solicitation by letter or 

 circular addressed and delivered by mail or otherwise to an officer or employee of 

 the United States at the office or building in which he is employed in the discharge 

 of his official duties, is a solicitation within the meaning of the law, the solicitation 

 taking place where the letter was received. Section 122 of the Criminal Code pro- 

 vides that whoever shall violate any provision of the four sections above mentioned 

 shall be fined not more than sr>,ooo, or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. 

 It is the duty of the Civil Service Commission to see that the Civil Service Act and 

 Rules and the above-mentioned sections of the Criminal Code, which were originally 

 enacted as a part of the Civil Service Act, are strictly enforced, and it will employ 

 every legitimate and available means to secure the prosecution and punishment of 

 persons who may violate them. The Commission requests any person having knowl- 

 edge of any such violation to lay the facts before it that it may at once take action 

 thereon. 



Changes in Boundaries and Areas- 

 Proclamations and Executive orders have been signed changing National Forest 

 boundaries as follows: 



In District 2 the proclamations of Pec-ember 1(1 eliminated 12, KM) acres from the 

 Holy Crosg Forest, Colo., and transferred 680 acres from it to the Sopris. No other 

 change was made in the Sopris. From the Sundance Forest, Wyo., 4,907 acres \\ere 

 eliminated. 



In District 3 the proclamation of October 7 eliminated SI ,oxl acres from and added 

 I 32,925 acres to the Prescott Forest, Ariz. The proclamation of October 13 eliminated 

 3<i() acres from and added 1,204 acres to the Wichita, Okla. The proclamation 

 of October 20 eliminated (effective January 1, 1911) 245,450 acres from and added 

 22,333 acres to the Alamo, N. Mex. The proclamation of Pecember 28 eliminated 

 503,331 acres from and added 40 acres to the Ozark, Ark. 



In District 4 the proclamations of October 7 added 2,540 acres to the Ashley and 

 37,205 acres to the Uinta, Utah, and transferred 16,960 acres from the Ashley to the 

 Uinta and 49,920 acres from the Uinta to the Ashley. The Executive order of 

 November 25 transferred 38,318 acres in Nevada from the Mono to the Toiyabe, and 

 the proclamation of Pecember 10 eliminated 65,755 acres from and added 311,793 

 acres to the Toiyabe. The proclamation of Pecember 23 eliminated 2,5fO acres from 

 and added 93,730 acres to the Sevier, Utah. The proclamation of Pecember 24 

 eliminated 9,940 acres from the Boise, Idaho. 



In Pistrict 5, in California, the proclamations of October 12 eliminated 58,732 acres 

 from and added 4,784 acres to the California, and eliminated 3,084 acres from and 

 added 6,870 acres to the Stanislaus. The proclamation of November 3 added 48,718 

 acres to the Klamath. The proclamation of November 25 eliminated 108,920 acres 

 from the Angeles. The proclamation of Pecember 12 eliminated 21,597 acres from 

 and added 7,690 acres to the Monterey. The proclamations of Pecember 16 eliminated 

 22,878 acres from and added 2,710 acres to the Cleveland; eliminated 167,608 acres 

 from and added 26,787 acres to the Shasta, and also transferred from the latter Forest 

 30,227 acres to the Trinity and eliminated 38,574 acres from and added 50,034 acres 



