10 NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL REGULATIONS. 



Reg. S-13. The period allowed for the removal of timber, which 

 Time limits m n . ms ^ ance shall exceed five years, except in 



special cases upon specific approval by the Secretary, 

 will be fixed in the agreement, and in sales in which a period of two 

 or more years is allowed for the removal of the timber, the minimum 

 amount to .be removed each year must be specified, except in unusual 

 cases. The Secretary may, in his discretion, when circumstances 

 warrant, extend the time beyond a period of five years; but such 

 extension will be granted only to prevent hardship in cases where the 

 failure to remove the timber within the five-year period is due to 

 circumstances over which the purchaser had no control. 



Reg. S-14. The officer approving any timber-sale contract may 

 Bonds require the purchaser to furnish a bond for the satis- 



factory completion of the contract. 



Reg. S-15. The disapproval of an application for the purchase 

 A eais ^ ti m ker or for the modification of an existing con- 



tract by the officer authorized to approve such 

 application shall be considered final unless written notice of appeal 

 to the next superior officer, district forester, Forester, or Secretary, 

 as the case may be, is filed with the officer disapproving such appli- 

 cation within 30 days from the receipt of his decision. All appeals 

 arising from the enforcement or execution of the provisions of a tim- 

 ber-sale contract shall be made in the first instance to the Forest 

 supervisor. His decision thereon shall be considered final unless 

 written notice of appeal to tRe district forester is filed with the super- 

 visor within 15 days from the receipt of his decision. Appeals from 

 the decisions of the district forester to the Forester or from the 

 decisions of the Forester to the Secretary may be made by filing 

 written notice with the officer from whose decision appeal is taken 

 within 15 days from the receipt of such decision. 



Reg. S-16. The use of steam engines or steam locomotives in 

 operations on National Forest lands under any timber- 

 " sa l contract or under any permit is prohibited unless 

 they are equipped with such spark-arresters as shall 

 be approved by the Forest supervisor, or unless oil is used exclusively 

 for fuel. 



ADMINISTRATIVE USE OF TIMBER. 



Reg. S-17. The Forester, and the district foresters within the 

 amount which they are authorized to sell, may remove and sell or 

 dispose of, under free-use permit or otherwise, as shall be most 

 advantageous to the United States, any timber upon the National 

 Forests when such removal is actually necessary to protect the Forest 

 from ravages or destruction, or when the use or removal of timber is 

 necessary in the construction of roads, trails, cabins, and other 

 improvements on the National Forests or in experiments conducted by 

 the Forest Service. The authority conferred by this regulation may 

 be delegated by district foresters to Forest supervisors. 



TIMBER SETTLEMENT. 



Reg. S-18. When timber on National Forest land is cut, damaged, 

 killed, or destroyed in connection with the enjoyment of a right of 

 way or other special use it shall not be necessary to advertise it for 



