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civil suit for the collection of damages or criminal action for violation of the regula- 

 tions. Forest supervisors must not, in any case which is to be handled as a grazing 

 trespasSs issue a grazing permit authorizing the grazing of the trespassing stock 

 during any part of the period in which the stock were in trespass. If the owner of 

 the trespassing stock is entitled to share in the use of the range, a permit may be 

 issued to him for the remainder of the summer season; but the beginning of the per- 

 mit period must not antedate the date upon which the application for permit was 

 approved. The approval of the application by the supervisor will be considered 

 as the termination of the trespass, and the inclusive dates, during which the stock 

 are reported in trespass, should be from the date the trespass began until the date 

 of the approval of the grazing application. If, however, the trespasser fails to com- 

 plete his application by the payment of the proper fees, then the trespass period 

 will be from the date the stock entered the Forest in trespass to the date the stock 

 were removed from the Forest. 



LANDS 



Claims: Indorsement upon Final-Proof Notices, June 11, 190.6, Entries 

 The note on page 99 in the January Field Program, " Final Notices and Requests," 



has been superseded by the following procedure, contained in Circular Letter L 



Service, Claims, of February 6, 1911: 

 When the supervisor receives a copy of the final-proof notice for an entry, made 



under the act of June 11, 1906, the following indorsement on the copy of final proof 



notice will be used: 



This entry was initiated under the act of June 11, 1906, and no report will be 

 made by the Forest Service, as the Department of Agriculture has no authority 

 to examine and report on this class of claims. 



The indorsement will be dated and signed by the Forest supervisor, and a copy of 

 the final-proof notice will be promptly returned to the Register and Receiver before 

 the date of final proof. The Forest supervisor will also send two copies of the final- 

 proof notice bearing the indorsement to the District 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. 



When a request from the Commissioner of the General Land Office for a report cov- 

 ers a claim, initiated under the act of June 11, 1906, 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 entry was initiated under the act of June 11 , 

 J 906, and, therefore, no report will be made by the Forest Service, as the Department 

 of Agriculture has no authority to examine and report upon this class of claims. 



Procedure in Squatter Claims- 

 All squatter claims of doubtful validity should be subject to the following 



procedure: 

 A report on the usual form, supported by affidavits, should be sent to the District 



Forester before the plat of survey of the township in which the claim is situated is 



filed in the local land office. This report will be submitted in ample time to allow 



