NATIONAL FOEEST MANUAL SPECIAL USES. 25 



BREACH OF STIPULATIONS. 



Legal proceedings are necessary to compel the grantee of rights of 

 way to comply with the stipulations agreed to as a 

 tidiTnece'ssa * " condition of the grant. Such proceedings will be under 

 the direction of the Attorney General of the United 

 States upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior. 

 In case of the breach of stipulations required by the Interior Depart- 

 ment, on the recommendation of the Secretary of 

 ervisor 1 S Agriculture, as a condition for the granting of rights 

 of way amounting to easements in the National Forests, 

 the supervisor will make a full report of the facts to the District 

 Forester. 



In case of such a breach of stipulation by the grantee of the rights 



of way, the Department of Agriculture will report the 



Wet Forester " facts " io tne Department of the Interior by a letter to 



the Secretary of that department, prepared by the 



District Forester in cooperation with the assistant to the Solicitor, for 



the signature of the Secretary of Agriculture, accompanied by all 



reports or other information bearing on the case. 



FORFEITURE OF GRANTS. 



Legal proceedings are necessary to secure the forfeiture of rights of 



way amounting to easements. Such proceedings will 

 tionnecessary 3 be uncler tne direction of the Attorney General of the 



United States upon the recommendation of the 

 Secretary of the Interior. 



The supervisor will report the facts to the District Forester when 



construction work or use of the rights of way is not 

 penSsor! completed within the statutory period, or when the 



rights of way are being used for the purposes not 

 authorized by the act, as where a right of way secured under the 

 irrigation right of way act is not used for the main purpose of irriga- 

 tion, but for generating power for sale. 



In case of misuse or nonuse of rights of way amounting to ease- 



ments in the National Forests, the Department of 

 Met Forester. " Agriculture will report the facts to the Department of 



the Interior by a letter to the Secretary of the Interior 

 prepared by the district forester, in cooperation with the District 

 assistant to the Solicitor, for the signature of the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture accompanied by all reports or other information bearing upon 

 the case. In cases reported upon by the District engineer all papers 

 will be transmitted to the Forester through the chief engineer. 



When misuse of rights of way is involved, an examination should 



be made by the district engineer, whenever in the 

 trict^ngineer judgment of the District Forester such examination is 



desirable. The report should set forth the character 

 of the misuse and such other facts as would be presented in a report 

 upon an original application. The report will be in duplicate and 

 one copy w^ill be sent to the supervisor for his files. 



