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As soon as the first publication has appeared, it should be com- 

 pared with the file copy for mistakes. One copy of 

 tS f adver " Form 935 > wit . h Published notice attached, must 

 be sent to the district forester, and a second copy filed 

 by the last date for receiving bids as a reminder of the expiration of 

 the advertisement. 



The form of notice of sale and further instructions are given under 

 "Advertisement," page 20. 



The original applicant and other prospective bidders will be noti- 



and awards ^ ec ^ as so ? n as publication has begun, instructed to 



forward bids within the period specified in the notice 



of sale, and furnished with Form 941 and salmon-colored bid 



envelopes. (See p. 23, under "Bids and awards.") 



The supervisor should notify the successful bidder that the sale 

 has been awarded to him and that the final" agreement, and bond if 

 required, will be sent to him within a specified time. 



A copy of all bids submitted shall be marked ' ' For the information 

 of the district forester," and forwarded to the district office. 



Further instructions are given under "Bids and awards," page 23. 

 The final contract will be prepared on Form 202 in quadruplicate 

 contracts anc ^ executed and approved in duplicate. The 



approved original is for the supervisor's files, the 

 duplicate for the purchaser, the third copy will be forwarded imme- 

 diately after approval to the district forester, and the fourth copy, 

 showing the dates and signatures of execution and approval, should 

 be sent to the officer in charge of the sale. 



Further instructions are given under "Contracts," page 23. 

 If a bond is required the supervisor will prepare it in duplicate on 

 Bonds Form 377, send the original to the purchaser for exe- 



cution with the contract and the duplicate to the 

 district forester properly filled in immediately after the execution and 

 approval of the original. The original will be approved by the super- 

 visor and filed with his record of the case. 



Further instructions are given under "Bonds," page 24. 

 If advance cutting is allowed by the Secretary, the application will 

 Advance cutting ^ e P re P are( l *& quadruplicate and executed in dupli- 

 cate. The original agreement after approval by the 

 supervisor is for the supervisor's files, the duplicate for the purchaser, 

 and the tliird and fourth copies with the dates of execution and ap- 

 proval written in for the district forester and the officer in charge of 

 the sale. Instructions governing advance cutting are given on page 25. 

 The letter of transmit tal (Form 861) will be made out in duplicate 

 by Forest officers and the original sent to the pur- 

 mttte?* f " chaser to be forwarded with each deposit to the proper 

 United States depository ; the duplicate will be filed 

 in the supervisor's office in a waiting file and handled thereafter as 

 in class A sales. 



Copies of the map, estimate, report, application, notice of sale, 

 Form 935, contract, bond, and important modifica- 

 re?ord nct * tions will be submitted to the district forester as they 



are prepared, except the contract and bond, which 

 will be submitted after execution and approval. 

 Closing Class C sales will be closed in the same manner as 



class A sales. 



