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fully stating the facts on which the applicant bases his contention 

 that the land applied for is chiefly valuable for agriculture. The 

 decision of the Secretary of Agriculture on review of the facts will be 

 final. 



Persons having preference rights under the act of June 11, 1906, 

 Filing in local ma y ^ e ^ e ^ T entries at the local land office at any 

 land offke C <m time within 60 days after notice is published that 

 tracts listed and the land has been listed in the local land office and 

 opened to entry before the land is open to entry. If, when the land 

 under the a^t of ^ s open to entry, the applicant having a preference 



right has failed to file his entry, it will be subject to 

 entry by the first qualified person to make application at the local 

 land office. Except as expressly provided in the act, title to the land 

 may then be acquired under the same conditions as are prescribed 

 by the general homestead laws for public land outside the National 

 Forests. 



The act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat., 863), provides that allotments 



of not exceeding 80 acres of agricultural land, or 160 

 men?s ian o n ^Na" acres ^ grazing land, within the National Forests may 

 tiomd Forests. * ^ e ma d e by the Secretary of the Interior to any 



Indian occupying, living, or having improvements 

 on such land, who is not entitled to an allotment in any existing 

 Indian reservation, or for whose tribe no reservation has been pro- 

 vided, or whose reservation was not sufficient to afford an allotment 

 to each member thereof, when the Secretary of Agriculture has 

 determined that such lands are more valuable for agricultural or 

 grazing purposes than for the timber found thereon. The procedure 

 governing the making of such applications and allotments is given 

 under "Settlement Procedure on National Forests." 



PROCEDURE ON NATIONAL FORESTS. 



Applications for the examination and listing of agricultural land 



under the Forest homestead act should be addressed 



Applications to to and filed with the district forester, and, when 



f j received by forest rangers or forest supervisors, will 



me aisirici lor- , . T , i PI t i iF .**< 



ester. be immediately referred to the district forester. 



Forest supervisors and district rangers should keep 

 on hand a supply of application blanks, Form 253, which will be 

 furnished to prospective applicants upon request. 



Upon receipt by the supervisor of carbon copies in duplicate of the 



letter of acceptance to the applicant, an index card 



Action on ap- and folder will be prepared for the case. Upon the 



*v^fenll e f?om index card . wi11 be entered the case designation and 



the district for- such notation as may thereafter be necessary. A 



ester. blank white card will be used for this purpose. The 



index cards and folders will be filed alphabetically 

 by the names of the applicants. The promise card (Form 326) for- 

 warded with the request for report will be filled in with the approxi- 

 mate date the report may be expected by the district forester, and 

 will be signed and mailed to the district office. The copy of the 

 district forester's letter accepting the application will be accompanied 

 by a township plat (Form 974) showing the status of the land applied 

 for. 



