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together with two carbons and all the papers in the case, will be for- 

 warded to the Forester. 



When the land is listed by a metes and bounds survey, two copies 

 of the blue prints and field notes will be transmitted with the other 

 papers in the case. 



When a strip of land is excluded from the tract listed, two blue 

 prints showing the location and area of the excepted strip will also 

 be forwarded with the list letter. 



The act recognizes two preferred entrymen, (1) the settler prior 

 to January 1, 1906, (2) the person upon whose appli- 

 right r s e ' cation tne land . was examined and listed. 



In case there is no preferred settler only the name 

 of the person upon whose application the land was examined and 

 listed should appear as the preferred entryman in the listing letter. 

 If, however, a portion of said tract was formerly examined on the 

 application of another, but not listed because the first applicant did 

 not reply to small-area letters addressed to him, all of the facts in 

 regard to the first application covering such small area should be 

 recited in the listing letter to the Secretary of the Interior. If, 

 however, the first applicant has expressly withdrawn his application 

 or has refused to accept the listing of such small area, the person 

 making application for the same area at a later date shall be deemed 

 the person upon whose application the tract was examined and listed, 

 and he only will be named in the listing letter. 



When the carbon copy of the listing letter showing the Secretary's 



Notification to signature is received from the Forester, the pencil 



applicant and notations made on Form 345 in the list book and on 



supervisor of final Form 124 in the Forest tract book will be made in 



action by Secre- i n ]^ an d the date of the Secretary's signature will be 



noted as the date the land was listed. 



The list number will then be written in red ink on the township plat 

 in the tract book across the tract listed. 



The applicant will at once be notified by form letter that the land 

 has been listed. When the land was listed by a metes and bounds 

 survey one copy of the blue print will also be forwarded to the appli- 

 cant. Two carbon copies of the listing letter and two copies of the 

 letter of notification to the applicant will be forwarded to the super- 

 visor, together with two copies of the field notes and blue prints if the 

 land was listed by a metes and bounds survey, and two copies of the 

 blue print if a strip of land was excluded from the tract listed. 



All canceled, withdrawn, or rejected cases will be closed upon the 



Closing cases ^ a * e ^ ia ^ ^ na ^ ac tion is taken by the district forester, 

 and all listed cases will be closed upon receipt of the 

 copies of the Secret ary's listing letter. Two copies of the letter taking 

 final action will be forwarded to the supervisor. 



Upon receipt of the Interior Department notice that final action 

 has been taken to restore the land to entry, the date of restoration to 

 entry will be entered in the list book (Form 345). A memorandum 

 of the notice will be placed in the folder in the closed file, and the 

 notice will be sent to the supervisor. 



Annually, on August 1 , district foresters will submit to the For- 



Annual report ester > on standard atlas pages, a report on settlement. 

 The report will be in the form prescribed in advance 

 by the Forester. 



