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ACCOUNTS. 

 Meals and Lodging 



The Chief of the Division of Accounts holds that all expenses for meals and lodging 

 must be included in reimbursement accounts supported by proper receipts as pro- 

 vided in the fiscal regulation, paragraph 14, but will waive this requirement in 

 extreme cases of emergency affecting the public business or causing delay of important 

 work. In such cases Form A vouchers may be used when accompanied by a state- 

 ment of facts. If such statement does not show that such emergency existed, vouch- 

 ers will be returned and payment required by the officer incurring the expense. 



OPERATION. 

 Changes in Procedure 



PREPARATION OP WRITTEN PROCLAMATION AND EXECUTIVE ORDERS. The 

 written portion of the proclamation as well as Executive orders will be prepared in 

 the Washington office. Secretary letters and press notice should be submitted by 

 the district forester as heretofore. (See OB circular letter to district foresters, May 4.) 



INTER-FOREST BOUNDARY LINES; INNER MARGIN OF BLACK LINE. Greater 

 care in the placing of inter-forest boundary lines on proclamation tracings is enjoined. 

 Often such lines do not match up on the various tracings and considerable extra 

 work on tracings and negatives becomes necessary in the Washington office as a 

 consequence. It is believed this could well be avoided if proper attention were 

 given to this point in the preparation of the tracings by the districts. 



The inner margin of the black line should be considered the exterior limit of the 

 forest area on inter-forest boundary lines as well as on exterior lines. These instruc- 

 tions supersede all previous conflicting instructions on this point. (See OB circular 

 letter, May 23.) 



DISTINCTION BETWEEN "BOUNDARY" AND " GEOGRAPHY" CASE DESIGNATION. 

 In order to avoid confusion it is desired that a closer distinction be drawn with ref- 

 erence to the case designation on correspondence pertaining to "boundary" and 

 " geography" subjects. Letters pertaining to surveys, topographic corrections, 

 compilations, projections, and kindred subjects should bear the key initial of "geog- 

 raphy." (Circular letter to district foresters, May 26.) 



LAND DISTRICTS SHOULD BE GIVEN WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WITHDRAWAL 

 OR RELEASE. In accordnace with a request from the Commissioner of the General 

 Land Office to the Forester under date of June 23, diagrams accompanying recom- 

 mendations for withdrawal of land for forest purposes or for release from such with- 

 drawal should show the proper land district in which such lands are located. If no 

 diagrams accompany the recommendations, the Secretary's letter should contain the 

 information. (See OB circular letter to district foresters, June 24.) 



SPECIAL EXCEPTION CLAUSE PERTAINING TO ELIMINATIONS 



Under date of May 3 the Forester was informed by the Assistant Commissioner of 

 the General Land Office that the Secretary of the Interior had directed that before 

 submitting to the department recommendations involvin g eliminations from National 

 Forests or releases from temporary withdrawals, the Commissioner of the General 



