NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL TIMBER SALES. 15 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 

 FOREST SERVICE. 



THE NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL. 



AMENDMENT NO. 133 INSTRUCTIONS. 



AUGUST 9, 1912. 



Timber Sales. The Instructions on page 15 are hereby amende 

 by inserting after the first paragraph the following paragraph wit] 

 marginal heading "Minimum charges": 



A minimum charge for all sales of timber to be used for com 



Minimum charges P 161 ! purposes will be established for each Fores 



' by the district forester. Such charge will be not les 



5 nor more than $10. No sale for commercial uses will be mad 



at less than the established minimum for the Forest. Xo minimun 



I be applied in sales of timber for the personal use of th< 



purchaser. 



HENRY S. GRAVES. 



57216 NO. 13312 Forester. 



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mittal will be placed in a reminder file, which will be examined 

 weekly and the ranger notified of cases in which payments are two 

 weeks late. Upon receipt from the district fiscal agent of the original 

 letter of transmittal with the proper notation of receipt, the amount 

 paid will be checked against the amount due, as shown by the letter 

 of transmittal, and the amount paid and date of receipt entered on 

 the timber sale record card. The original will then be forwarded to 

 the payee and the duplicate, with a notation of payment received, 

 to the ranger. Should the notification of receipt reach the super- 

 visor before the letter of transmittal from the ranger, the data will 

 be entered on a timber sale record card and completed upon receipt 

 of the letter of transmittal and contract from the ranger. 



Unless required by the supervisor, cutting reports (Form 820) need 

 not be submitted until the sale is ready for closing. 



Cutting reports. m1 .,, , , . , , , J , ,. 



Ihey will be compared with the card record as directed 

 under " Records and reports," page 59. 



The ranger will submit a cutting report (Form 820) in duplicate 

 Closing with his recommendations. If approved by the 

 supervisor the duplicate copy will be stamped u This 

 case is closed" and returned to the ranger, who will transfer the 

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