22 NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL TIMBER SALES. 



thus be allowed for submitting bids. However, the total number of 

 times the notice of sale, whether correct or incorrect, is published 

 should not exceed five. 



If the notice of sale is to provide for the sale of only a part of the 

 timber advertised, the notice should read, "for all 

 timber advertised. f or an y P ar ^ of the merchantable dead timber stand- 

 ing or down and ah 1 of the live timber marked (or 

 designated) for cutting, etc." 



Timber for which there is likely to be a demand and which should 

 _ . ,. be promptly cut for silvicultural reasons may be 



General notice. , J .. * v 7 -, ,. . -. n v 



advertised by a general notice in advance of applica- 

 tion to purchase, upon approval by the officer authorized to sell the 

 amount of timber involved. 



It is desirable to call the attention of prospective purchasers by 

 such notices to timber which is insect infested, bodies of dead timber 

 which are deteriorating, or timber the removal of which will benefit 

 the Forest. 



The advertisement for a general notice should follow the same form 

 as the application notice, given above, with the following changes : 



The words "Bid, timber sale application, , 



(Date of application.) 



." should be changed to "Bid, timber sale, 



(Name of Forest.) 



general notice, _ _ . 



(Date.) ' (Name of Forest.) 



Whenever a timber sale is to be advertised, the supervisor will issue 



to the publisher of the newspaper or other publica- 



^ Authority to pui - tion j n w hj c h the advertisement is to appear a Form 



BF "Authority to publish advertisement," which will 



be transmitted with the notice of sale and a copy of the advertising 



rate form. A copy of each Form BF issued will be retained. 



In filling out Form BF, the designation of the case, name of Forest, 

 date, name of paper, place of publication, and date and number of 

 the Secretary's authorization must be inserted in the proper blank 

 lines. Other data will be filled in as indicated by the italicized clauses 

 of the following: 



You are hereby authorized to publish the inclosed advertisement for proposals for 



the purchase of timber from lands within the National Forest in 



the weekly edition of your paper five (5) times, as follows: Consecutively, preceding 

 the date up to which bids will be received (thirty (30) days from first publication), 

 provided your charges, etc. 



The publisher's attention will be directed to the fact that adver- 

 tisements must be set up like the sample which appears on the 

 second page of Form BF, since charges for display headings can not 

 be allowed. The matter must be set up solid, without paragraphing, 

 and with the signature and title of the officer signing the advertise- 

 ment "run in." 



When the advertisement has run for the time ordered, the pub- 

 lisher of the newspaper will fill out the voucher attached to Form 

 BF and transmit it, with an affidavit of publication, to the district 

 fiscal agent. If the publisher's sworn rates are not already on file, 

 these must accompany the account. 



