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If, at the time the Commissioner's request is received by the District Forester, 

 no report has been transmitted by him, he will ascertain from the Forest Supervisor 

 the date when the report can be expected and will then write the Chief of Field 

 Division with appropriate reference to the Commissioner's request, and inform him 

 of the date on or before which the report will be transmitted. In these cases a 

 promise card will be made by the District Forester and filed under the date 

 noted in the letter to the Chief ol Field Division as the final date of transmission 

 of report. If the report is not received by the District Forester by that date, he 

 will ascertain from the supervisor as to when it will be received and will send a 

 second letter to the Chief of Field Division, noting a new date on or before which 

 the report will be transmitted. 



If the Commissioner's request for report covers a claim which is outside a National 

 Forest, or is within a proposed elimination, and no report has been made by the 

 supervisor, the District Forester will send a letter in duplicate to the Chief of Field 

 Division, with appropriate reference to the Commissioner's request, stating that the 

 claim is outside the Forest or within a proposed elimination, and that no report will 

 be made by the Forest Service. 



In all cases the reports, where submitted subsequent to the receipt of the Com- 

 missioner's request, will contain appropriate reference to the Commissioner's letter. 



All letters to the Chief of Field Division, with reference to reports requested by the 

 Commissioner, will be prepared with an extra copy to be sent to the supervisor. 



INDORSEMENTS OF FINAL-PROOF NOTICES In letter of December 14 from iho 

 Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of Agriculture it is stated that the neces- 

 sary instructions to Registers and Receivers would be issued so that notices of h'nul 

 proof in land cases would be sent to the Forest supervisor in triplicate. A copy 

 of this letter was inclosed with "L, Service, Claims" letter of December 19. 



When the supervisor receives the notices he will furnish a copy to the ranger or 

 other Forest officer who is to make the report, retain one copy for his files, and return 

 one copy to the Register and Receiver with the proper indorsement, in accordance 

 with instructions in " L, Service, Claims" letter of December 13. The indorsements 

 will be dated and signed by the supervisor or acting supervisor, and the copy of 

 the final-proof notice retained by the supervisor will be completed by entering the 

 indorsement which was used on the copy returned to the Register and Receiver. 



Besides the regular indorsements as given in "L, Service, Claims" letter of Decem- 

 ber 13, the following indorsements will be used when the claim is outside the Forest 

 or within a proposed elimination and no report has been made: 



"The land involved is not within the boundaries of a National Forest, and no 

 report will be made by the Forest Service." 



"The land involved is located within a proposed elimination from the 

 National Forest, and no report will be made by the Forest Service." 



When either of the above indorsements are used by a Forest supervisor one copy 

 will be returned directly to the Register and Receiver and two copies sent to the Dis- 

 trict Forester. Upon receipt of these copies the District Forester will send one copy 

 to the Chief of Field Division, with the notation, dated and signed by him, that for 

 the reason given in the supervisor's indorsement no report will be transmitted. 



