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Claims 7 



Regulations 7 



Relinquishments 7 



General instructions 8 



Why claims are examined 



Initiation of claims on National Forest land 



Determination of titles to claims 9 



Definition of a valid claim 9 



Government adverse claimant to lands withdrawn for National Forests . 9 



Reports on claims confidential 9 



Examination of mineral claims 9 



Squatters' claims on National Forest land 9 



Free use of timber for development of mining claims 10 



Status of lands after cancellation of claim 10 



Passage of title by patent 10 



Passage of title by certification 10 



How patents may be annulled 11 



Suit to vacate patent * 11 



Procedure on National Forests 11 



When to make examination and report 11 



Record of claims in supervisor's ofiice 



Kind of evidence necessary 11 



Affidavits and statements of witnesses 12 



Witnesses in behalf of claimant 12 



Form of affidavits 12 



Statement by witness to other 12 



Hearsay, or opinions, as evidence 12 



Affidavits and statements confidential 13 



Administering oaths 13 



Use of notebook in hearings 13 



Reports on claims covering reservoir or power sites 13 



Correct record of conditions on homestead claims 13 



Favorable report on a homestead claim 13 



Favorable preliminary report on a mining claim 



Recommendations in reports on claims 13 



Thoroughness of investigation and completeness of reports 14 



Summary of witnesses 14 



Closing claims cases 15 



Action upon requests for special reports 15 



Action upon receipt of notice of final proof or of application for mineral 



patent 15 



Action upon receipt of notice of final proof on entries within proposed 



eliminations 16 



Action upon receipt of notice of final proof on entries under act of June 



11,1906 16 



Action upon failure to receive notice from registers and receivers 16 



Appearance of Forest officers at final proof 16 



Action upon receipt of notice of order for mineral survey 



Use of mineral surveyor's notes in making examination 



Examination of mineral claims by mineral examiners 17 



Action upon squatters' claims settled after withdrawal of land 17 



Action upon squatters' claims settled before withdrawal of land 17 



Supervisors' annual report on claims 



Action upon receipt of notification of extension of public land survey. 18 



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