14 NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL TIMBER SALES. 



where the timber should be cut and it is possible to obtain pur- 

 chasers, to treat the maximum cut for a group of Forests as a whole. 

 To do this special authority must be obtained from the Secretary. 



MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM STUMP AGE PRICES. 



The supervisor of each Forest will recommend annually to the 

 forester on April 1 the maximum and minimum stumpage 

 rates which should be fixed for the Forest for the ensuing fiscal year. 



Maximum and minimum stumpage prices will be recommended, 

 with such classification as to species, accessibility, and grade of 

 material as may be necessary to cover adequately all conditions 

 existing on the Forest. Flat rates applicable to two or more species 

 should be recommended wherever advisable. All rates should be based 

 upon the thousand feet, board measure, and will be applied to other 

 units of quantity in ratios established by these instructions or specifi- 

 cally approved by the Forester. The rates recommended should be 

 based as far as practicable upon those obtained in current sales, with 

 reasonable latitude to make them applicable to the more or less 

 accessible and desirable timber. 



Upon receipt and review of the supervisor's recommendations on 

 maximum and minimum stumpage rates and limita- 

 ' tion of cut, a letter in triplicate will be prepared in 



tne district office annually by April 15. The original 

 and one carbon will be forwarded for the signature of 

 the Forester and the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture, lim- 

 iting the annual cut and establishing maximum and minimum rates 

 on the Forest for the following fiscal year. After approval the origi- 

 nal will be retained by the Forester and the carbon returned to the 

 district forester, who will fill in the signature on the third copy and 

 send it to the supervisor. 



CLASSIFICATION OF SALES. 



Sales are divided into the following classes : 

 _ Class A: Ranger's sales, no one sale exceeding $50 



By amount. . , 



in value. 



Class B: Supervisor's sales, no one sale exceeding $100 in value. 



Class C: Supervisor's sales for such amounts exceeding $100 in 

 value as the supervisor is authorized to advertise and sell, in no case 

 over 2,000,000 feet board measure. 



Class D: District forester's and Forester's sales exceeding the 

 amounts which supervisors are authorized to sell. 



Unadvertised sales : Sales not exceeding $100 in amount may be 

 By advertisement ma( ^ e ^ or no ^ ^ ess than the appraised value of the 

 timber and need not be advertised. 



Advertised sales: Sales exceeding $100 in amount must be adver- 

 tised. 



Private sales : Timber which has been advertised but for which no 

 satisfactory bid has been received may be sold at any time at not less 

 than the highest bid received and in no case at less than the minimum 

 price specified in the advertisement. 



