40 THE NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL. 



one listing of bodies of agricultural land which would be rendered 

 noncontiguous through the exclusion of such small areas. 



A policy which is liberal to the applicant should be followed in 

 appraising the agricultural value of tracts of arable land without 

 value for forest purposes and which may otherwise be listed under 

 the provisions of the act. 



The personal qualifications of the applicant or his ability to make a 

 living or maintain a home upon the land must not be considered by 

 the examiner. His strength or health or his ability or experience in 

 agricultural pursuits will not be considered. 



If all or any part of the land is found to be chiefly valuable for 

 agriculture and not needed for public use and may be occupied for 

 agricultural purposes without injury to the National Forest, it will 

 be'recommended for listing. 



Before submitting the report to the supervisor the examiner must 



Verification of check the written description of the land reported on 

 location and sub- with the area shown on the map. The examiner will 

 mission of report then sign and date the report, affix his title, and 

 to supervisor. submit the report in triplicate to the supervisor. 



When the report is received by the supervisor, if it is found to be 

 incomplete or incorrect, it will be returned to the 



Action by sup- ex aminer with appropriate instructions. Before ap- 

 ervisor on exam- .1 * ~ A t t i i i , 



iner's report. proving the report the supervisor should check it 



with the tract book to ascertain whether the descrip- 

 tion of the land reported on coincides with the description of the 

 land applied for. If the land recommended for listing includes 

 lotted tracts, the official township plat should be consulted to see 

 whether a part of any irregular lotted tract has been recommended 

 for listing without being described by a metes and bounds survey. 

 When a metes and bounds survey has been made the field notes and 

 tracing should be checked to see whether they are correct and in 

 proper form. Finally, the entire report should be carefully scruti- 

 nized that it may be complete and correct in every particular before 

 being submitted to the district forester. When the report is com- 

 plete and the supervisor concurs in the recommendations of the 

 examiner, he will indorse it " Approved," sign his name, and affix his 

 title and the date of approval. If the supervisor does not agree 

 with or approve all of the examiner's recommendations, his own 

 recommendations, with his reasons for making them, will be made on 

 a separate sheet and attached to the report. He will also indorse at 

 the bottom of the examiner's report a reference to the attached state- 

 ment and recommendations. 



When final action upon the report has been taken by the super- 

 visor the original will be submitted to the district 

 mittedto tnVdis" f res ^er, one copy will be placed in the supervisor's 

 trict forester. files, and one copy sent to the district ranger. When 

 unsurveyed land is reported on the supervisor will 

 forward the tracing on Form 220 and the original and four carbon 

 copies of the field notes in addition to the original report. When 

 the report recommends that a strip of land be excluded from the 

 area to be listed, the tracing showing the excluded strip should 

 accompany the report. Before submitting the report the supervisor 

 will make pencil notation in the tract book index sheet (Form 124) 

 of the action taken by him in the case. 



