16 NATIONAL, FOREST MANUAL - SPECIAL USES. 



Residence upon the land under the special-use permit can not count 

 Residence un- as a P ar ^ f the statutory residence period required 

 der permit not before making final proof. Under a ruling of the 

 credited on final Department of the Interior, of January 12, 1910, per- 

 P roof - sons who are permitted to occupy National Forest 



lands for agricultural purposes under special-use permits and who 

 afterwards make a Forest homestead entry on the land must show 

 five years' actual residence after entry. 



DRIFT FENCES. 



Drift or division fences may be allowed under permit when they 

 Permitted if will facilitate the National Forest administration, and 

 benefiting Forest will not interfere with the full use of the range by all 

 administration. wno are equitably entitled to it. 



A fence may be constructed or maintained if it does not give con- 

 trol of an area in excess of that actually required for 

 P as turage of the stock which the person or persons 

 maintaining it would be entitled to graze or give 

 individual control of particularly desirable portions of the range. 

 If the range controlled by a fence is excessive in area and ought to 

 be shared by permittees in addition to those now 

 of fenced llsm g i^> the f ence must be either removed or changed 



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 or the range opened to other permittees who are en- 



titled to share in its use. 



All drift or division fences must be provided with 

 fences* * S [ a ^ es a ^ such points as are necessary to allow proper 



ingress and egress. 



Whenever drift fences are needed for the better control of stock 



grazed under permit, all forest material needed for 



teriafs USC E " use m ^heir construction may be furnished from the 



National Forest free of charge, and in cases where the 



circumstances justify it the necessary wire and staples may also be 



furnished, if the stockmen using the range are willing to construct 



such fences with the understanding that they will become the property 



of the United States. 



Permits for drift fences will be granted without 

 Charge. charge if necessary to control stock grazed under 



permit. 



The map accompanying the report should in each 

 Map. case show the location of the drift fence and its length 



in rods or miles. 



If a person maintaining fences upon the public lands applies for a 

 special-use permit for the construction and maintenance of a part of 

 the same fence or of another fence upon National Forest land, the 

 supervisor will, before issuing a permit, prepare a letter for the signa- 

 ture of the District Forester to the Chief of Field Division of the Gen- 

 eral Land Office, informing him of the existence of such fence on the 

 public land and asking him whether the issuance of such special-use 

 permit by the Forest Service would in any way embarrass the Depart- 

 ment of the Interior. If no objection is made by the Department of 

 the Interior ; such special-use permit may be issued.^ 



