NATIONAL FOKEST MANUAL TIMBER SALES. 15 



CLASS A: BANGER'S SALES. 



If an examination of the timber as outlined on page 36 shows that 

 it should be sold, the Forest officer will designate the timber to be 

 cut and fix the terms of sale. 



The contract will be prepared in triplicate and executed and 

 approved in duplicate. The purchaser should send 

 the required payment to the proper United States 

 depository with a letter of transmittal given him by the Forest 

 officer, who will fill out two copies, mark one "Duplicate" and for- 

 ward it to the supervisor. Remittances should be made by postal 

 money order, express order, or New York draft. Currency may be 

 sent at owner's risk. Postage stamps, foreign money, uncertified 

 checks, or defaced com will not be accepted. The Forest officer, upon 

 assurance that the required payment has been forwarded to the 

 proper United States depository, will approve both copies of the con- 

 tract and permit cutting and removal. He will forward the original 

 to the supervisor, give the duplicate to the purchaser, and keep the 

 triplicate for his files. 



Extension of cu'tting period, modification of the contract, or post- 

 ponement of brush piling may be approved by the 

 cont?a d cts fications f officer approving the sale, under the limitations 

 imposed by regulation S-7. Copies of all such modi- 

 fications, including extensions, shall be sent to the supervisor. 



Copies of the map and Forest description will be sent to the super- 

 visor with the other papers. In sales of dead timber 

 deSptkm? Forest only, however, such copies need not be furnished 



unless specifically required by the supervisor. 



Upon receipt from the ranger of the original of the contract and 

 duplicate letter of transmittal in the supervisor's office 

 vteM officl.' super " they will be examined as to their correctness and to 

 determine if consistent with approved and existing 

 rates and policy. A white timber sale record card (Form 615) will 

 be filled out and filed alphabetically. The duplicate letter of trans- 

 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 

 cutting reports not ^ e submitted until the sale is ready for closing. 

 They 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. w ith hi s recommendations. If approved by the 



supervisor the duplicate copy will be stamped "This 



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



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