CONTENTS. 5 



Settlement Continued. Page. 



Procedure on National Forests 32 



Action on applications filed with supervisors 



Action on applications referred by district forester 



Preparation of tract book 



Entry of status on tract book 33 



Instructions to examiners and reference of application for report 34 



Preparation of report by examiner . 34 



Consultation with applicant 35 



Instructions for survey and maps of land applied for 36 



Preparation of field notes 37 



Land which should-not be listed 37 



Applications in conflict with mineral locations 38 



Application in conflict with irrigation ditches. . 38 



Photographs 39 



Recommendations of examiner 39 



Verification of location and submission of report to supervisor. ..;.:... 40 



Action by supervisor on examiner 's report 40 



Submission of report to district forester 40 



Free special-use permits on lands recommended for listing 41 



Record of final action 41 



Closing settlement cases 42 



Annual report 42 



Applications under Indian allotment act 42 



Procedure in district office 43 



Action on receipt of application 43 



Entry of application in tract book 44 



Securing status and notation on tract book 44 



Notification to applicant of acceptance of application 44 



Reference of application to supervisor 44 



Action on report of examiner 44 



Survey of tract by metes and bounds 45 



Free special-use permits 45 



Withdrawal of applications 45 



Rejection of applications 45 



Reinstatement of application on reexamination 46 



Notice to applicant of reduced area 46 



Notice to applicant of elimination 46 



Applications in conflict with mineral locations 46 



Applications in conflict with municipal water supply 47 



Applications in conflict with reclamation withdrawals 47 



Applications in conflict with State school lands 47 



Applications in conflict with unperfected claims 47 



Applications in conflict with railroad grants 48 



Applications in conflict with patented lands 48 



Preparation of Secretary's and district forester's letters 48 



List numbers and transmittal of papers to Secretary 48 



Preference rights 49 



Notification to applicant and supervisor of final action by Secretary 49 



Closing cases 49 



Annual report 49 



Procedure in Washington office 50 



Action on drafts of listing letters 50 



Return of listing letters to district office 50 



Action by Secretary 50 



Return of papers to district 50 



Action on request by district forester for status of land 51 



Action on requests for information on status of cases 51 



Communications from applicants 51 



Action on request for reexamination or review 51 



Correspondence from Department of Interior 51 



Administrative sites 52 



Procedure 52 



Selection of sites 52 



Rangers' headquarters 52 



Amount of land for headquarters and pasture 52 



Sites selected and posted 53 



