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Costs incident to hearings before registers and receivers in Govern- 

 ment cases involving lands or claims within a National 

 Costs incident jr ol . es t w jn b e paid under rules now in force. Expenses 

 incident to appeals will be paid by the Department of 

 Agriculture, except that, where feasible, chiefs of field divisions may 

 give aid in office work in preparation of papers, briefs, etc. 



When the report is favorable to the patenting of the claim, the case 

 will be closed when the report is forwarded to the 



cases'^ S chie ! of field Division. 



When the report is adverse to the patenting of the 

 claim, the case will be closed when notice is received from the Com- 

 missioner that the case is closed on the records of the General Land 

 Office. This notification will be received through the district assistant 

 to the solicitor, with the return from him of all papers in the case. 

 The copy of the Commissioner's notice and the decision will be filed 

 with the papers in the case and the supervisor will be notified by 

 letter or by a copy of the decision. 



Replies to letters from the Commissioner of the General Land 

 Office received by reference from the Forester, or 



ieq C ulTt from letters from tlle cl H ef . f field division of the General 



Commissioner or Land Office requesting information relating to claims, 



chief of field di- will be by letter from the district forester to the chief 



vision for infer- o f ne ld division. 



special reports If ^ request is for a report which has alreadv been 



submitted to the Interior Department, the district 

 forester will write the chief of field division with appropriate reference 

 to the letter of request and give the date upon which the report was 

 submitted. 



When it is necessary to secure the information from the supervisor, 

 or when a special report is requested, the letter of request will be 

 referred by stamped indorsement to the supervisor for investigation 

 and report. Before referring the letter a memorandum will be made, 

 showing the title, file number, initials, and date of the letter of 

 request, the number and kind of entry, and the name of the claimant 

 or of the mineral claim. This memorandum will be filed in the dis- 

 trict office and will constitute the record until the supervisor's report 

 is received. Follow-up cards (Forms 326 and 327) will be made, and 

 the post card (Form 326) will be sent with the letter of request to the 

 supervisor. Xo mere acknowledgment of the receipt of such re- 

 quests will be made. 



If the district forester is of opinion or is informed by the supervisor 

 that the report can not be submitted within the time specified in the 

 letter of the Commissioner, he will inform the chief of field division, 

 stating the reason for the delay and giving a date when the report 

 will be transmitted. Two carbon copies of the letter to the chief of 

 field division will be sent to the supervisor, one for his files and one 

 for the information of the Forest officer who will make the report. 



When the report is received from the supervisor, it will be acted 

 upon as herein provided and forwarded to the chief of field division. 



In all cases letters from the district forester to the chief of field 

 division, submitting reports or making recommendations relating to 

 claims, will be prepared with two extra carbon copies, one to accom- 

 pany the original letter to the chief of field division and the other to 

 be sent to the supervisor concerned for his information. 



