THE NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL 



REGULATIONS. 

 TIMBER SALES. 



Reg. S-l. No timber shall be designated for cutting, by stamping 

 or otherwise, until the officer approving the sale is 

 ^ Appraisal of tim- sa ti s fied that the cutting will preserve the living and 

 growing timber, promote the younger growth, and 

 be compatible with the utilization of the Forest, upon application 

 for the purchase of any timber or in any cases where timber is to be 

 advertised in advance of application, such timber shall be examined 

 and appraised, and the area from which the timber is to be cut shall 

 be described by legal subdivisions or otherwise. The officer making 

 the field examination shall report the quantity and value of the 

 various kinds of timber involved, and shall base his appraisal upon 

 the character of the timber, the cost of logging, transportation, and 

 manufacture, and the sale value of the manufactured products at 

 practicable markets. 



Reg. S-2. The Secretary of Agriculture will prescribe each 



vear, upon data and information furnished bv the 



niSiSS* 10 " Forester, the maximum amount of dead, matured, 



and large-growth timber that may be cut on each 



National Forest. 



The Secretary of Agriculture will prescribe each year, upon data 

 and information furnished by the Forester, the 

 maximum and minimum stumpage prices at which 

 the timber on each National Forest or designated 

 portion thereof shall be appraised. Appraisals higher than the 

 established maximum and lower than the established minimum 

 shall be made by Forest officers, in so far as the local conditions in 

 each specific safe warrant. No appraisals at less than the estab- 

 lished minimum or more than the established maximum shah 1 be 

 approved by any Forest officer authorized to sell timber until the 

 approval of such appraisals by the Secretary of Agriculture has been 

 secured. 



Reg. S-3. The Forester is authorized to make timber sales for 



any amount on any National Forest, provided the limit 



safes thorityt make fixed b y tne Secretary for any Forest is not exceeded 



by the year's cut, under sales and free use on such 



Forest; and to delegate this authority for any specified amounts to 



the district foresters, but in no instance to exceed 20,000,000 feet 



board measure. The district forester may in turn delegate authority 



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