UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 

 FOREST SERVICE. 



AMENDMENT NO. 8 TO THE NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL, 



TIMBER SALES. (REGULATIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRI- 

 CULTURE AND INSTRUCTIONS TO FOREST OFFICERS RELATING 

 TO AND GOVERNING TIMBER SALES UPON NATIONAL FOREST 

 LANDS.) 



Effective on and after July 16, 1912. 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OFFICE OF THE 



SECRETARY. 



Regulation S-14, page 10 of the National Forest Manual, 1911, 

 Timber Sales, issued by the Secretary of Agriculture to take effect 

 December 1, 1911, is hereby amended by adding the following: 



In all sales exceeding 10,000,000 feet and in smaller sales when 

 necer-Miry in the judgment of the approving officer, the successful 

 bidder will be required to submit, before the timber is awarded to 

 him. a statement satisfactory to the approving officer of financial 

 ability to conduct the operation and fulfill all of the obligations 

 to be assumed under the sale contract. Such a statement may be 

 required, in the discretion of the approving officer, before the ap- 

 proval of a sale application or before any steps are taken to examine 

 areas tentatively applied for. 



Done at Washington this 16th day of July, 1912. 



Witness my hand and the seal of the Department of Agriculture. 



[SEAL.] JAMES WILSON. 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



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