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Land Office secure a report from the Geological Survey as to the power possibilities 

 of the lands recommended for elimination or release, and as to the value for coal of 

 such of said lands as had not been reported upon. 



In order to avoid the delay which such action would necessarily cause in the issu- 

 ance of Proclamations it was subsequently agreed to insert the following exception 

 clause in all future proclamations involving eliminations from National Forests: 



The lands herein eliminated from the National Forest are hereby with- 

 drawn for classification under the act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat., 847), and will 

 when compatible with public interests, be restored to settlement and entry 

 under the laws applicable thereto on such date as shall be fixed by the Secretary 

 of the Interior and after such notice as he may deem advisable. 



GRAZING. 



Discontinuance of "Agreement Supplemental to Grazing Application, Form 631" 

 In connection with the forthcoming edition of the Trespass section of the National 

 Forest Manual, the attention of all forest officers is invited to the fact that the use of 

 the tl Agreement supplemental to grazing application," Form 631, has been discon- 

 tinued. All supplies of this form now on hand should be destroyed. The Solicitor 

 of the Department of Agriculture has held that the use of this form is not essential 

 to safeguard the Government against damage by trespass, and that the requirement 

 of its execution by applicants is unnecessary. 



Ranch Property Purchased with Stock- 

 Amendments have been made in the last paragraph on page 47 and the first para- 

 graph on page 48 of the Grazing section of the National Forest Manual as follows: 



When both the stock and ranches are purchased, if the ranch property is commen- 

 surate and used in connection with the stock, a renewal may be allowed the purchaser 

 with any reduction that would have been made in the original permit. 



If, after the transaction, which includes a transfer of ranch property commensurate 

 and used in connection with the stock, the purchaser possesses all the qualifications of 

 the original permittee, he should be allowed the same privileges if the number of stock 

 does not exceed the maximum limit. If he does not, the privilege should be reduced 

 accordingly. 



LANDS. 



Occupancy: Error in National Forest Manual 



The first word in line 4, page 14, of the Special Uses section of the Manual should be 

 "without" instead of "with." The instructions should agree with Regulations 

 L-35. 



Occupancy: Inclosures 



The policy set forth in the last paragraph on page 1 6 of the Special Uses section of the 

 Manual is applicable to pastures and other inclosures as well as to drift fences. 



