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INDORSEMENTS OF NOTICES OF APPLICATION FOR MINERAL PATENT When the 

 Forest supervisor receives from the Register and Receiver copies of the notice of 

 publication of application for mineral patent he will use the same indorsements as 

 in the case of final-proof notices for homestead entry, and will be guided by the 

 instructions outlined in "L, Service, Claims" letter of December 13 and paragraph 

 "Indorsements of Final-Proof Notices" in this letter. 



FAILURE TO RECEIVE NOTICES In cases where the supervisor fails to receive 

 final-proof notice or notice of application for mineral patent at or soon after the 

 beginning of the period of publication, he will report this to the District Forester 

 In order that the latter may, if he considers it advisable, bring it to the attention 

 of the proper Chief of Field Division. 



Final-Proof Notices and Requests 



Final-proof notices and requests for report from the Commissioner of the General 

 Land Office on homestead entries under the Act of June 11, 1906, should be returned 

 to the Chief of Field Division indorsed "the Solicitor, Department of Agriculture, 

 holds that Forest Service has not authority to examine and report upon claims of 

 this character." 

 Modification in Indorsement of Final-Proof Notices 



(Circular Letter of December 13, 1910.) 



The change in Claims procedure resulting from the joint order of the Secretary of 

 the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, signed November 25, necessitates a 

 slight modification in the indorsement of final-proof notices. The indorsements to 

 be used in the future by supervisors when returning copies of final-proof notices to 

 Registers and Receivers will be either 



(a) " No objection at this time to issuance of final certificate right in law to 

 future contests not waived should facts develop warranting charges; report sub- 

 mitted (or will be submitted) in due course to the District Forester." 



(6) ''Protest; report submitted (or will be submitted) in due course to the Dis- 

 trict Forester." 



Copies of final-proof notices must be returned by the Forest supervisors to Registers 

 and Receivers in each case prior to the date advertised for submission of final proof. 

 In the report submitted to the District Forester reference will be made to the notice 

 of final proof, the indorsement made, and the date thereof, which will be the date of 

 the return of the notice to the Register and Receiver. 



It is desired that reports be obtained by the supervisor prior to the return of the 

 final proof notice, and supervisors should be instructed to hold the notices whenever 

 possible until reports have been received on the claims, and then to use the proper 

 indorsement and return the notice in sufficient tune so that it will reach the Register 

 and Receiver prior to the date of final proof. 



In cases where it is impossible for the supervisors to secure a report on the claim 

 during the period of advertising, he should return the notice after he is certain that 

 a report can not be secured before the date of proof, using indorsement (a), unless 

 he has information at hand which would warrant the use of indorsement (6). 



It is greatly to be desired that supervisors secure reports promptly, so that cases 

 in which return is made before the supervisor receives report will be very few. 



