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Reg. L-52. The Secretary of Agriculture will not consider the quali- 

 fication under the homestead laws of applicants for the examination 

 and listing of lands under the act of June 11, 1906. 



Reg. L-53. The rejection by the district forester of an application 

 for the examination and listing of lands under the act of June 11, 1906, 

 shall be final unless the applicant shall within 30 days after receipt of 

 the district forester's decision, in which will be stated the grounds for 

 such rejection, file with the district forester a petition for review of 

 such decision by the Forester. The afHrrnance by the Forester of the 

 district forester's decision shall be final unless within 60 days after 

 notice of such affirmance the applicant shall file with the Forester a peti- 

 tion for review of his decision by the Secretary of Agriculture. Every 

 petition for review provided for in the regulation shall state the 

 grounds upon which it is based, and shall be accompanied by a full, 

 clear, and succinct statement of all the material facts in the case, 

 together with such argument as the petitioner may care to submit. 



Reg. L-54. All applications by Indians for allotments of lands 

 within the National Forests under section 31 of the act of June 25, 1910 

 (36 Stat., 853), which are submitted to the Secretary of Agriculture 

 in order that he may determine whether the land applied for is more 

 valuable for agriculture or grazing than for the timber found thereon 

 must be made in the form prescribed by the regulations of the Sec- 

 retary of the Interior governing Indian allotments on National 

 Forests. 



