NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL TIMBER SALES. 23 



In order that large sales may be given all possible publicity, 

 supervisors will, during the period of advertising, 

 it ddi " P os t copies of Form 975 where they will attract the 



notice of the general public. 



BIDS AND AWARDS. 



Instructions concerning deposits in connection with bids are given 



under " Payments, deposits, refunds, and transfers," 

 Deposlts - 



Envelopes containing bids will be stamped with the date of receipt 

 TT .,,. * K- an d filed, unopened, by sales under the date of open- 



Handling of bids. . fc i <* >*i i_ j f n 1 



ing. At 2 o clock p. m., on the day following the 

 final date for receiving bids, all the bids submitted will be opened by 

 the supervisor or district forester, as the case may be, in the presence 

 of one or more witnesses. Bidders may be present at the opening 

 of the bids if they desire. The original bids should be indorsed with 

 the date opened and a list of those present. Bids for lower rates 

 than those named in the notice of sale can not be considered. If no 

 bids have been received, the applicant will be requested by the super- 

 visor to submit a bid immediately. 



The sale will be awarded to the highest bidder, unless such an 



Award award will create a monopoly, or unless the highest 



bidder is debarred from the use of the National Forest 



by his previous acts, or the public interest presents some unforeseen 



objection to the sale. 



Whenever practicable, timber for which more than one bid has 

 been received may be allotted among several bidders at the highest 

 price offered by any one of them or at such variations in price, in no 

 case less than that stated in the advertisement, as will equalize dif- 

 ferences in the quality or accessibility of the timber on different parts 

 of the sale area. 



If any portion of the timber is awarded to another than the appli- 

 cant, a new timber sale record card will be filled out and filed by the 

 supervisor and also by the district forester in class D sales. 



When the contract is returned, executed, the data on the timber 

 Refunds to unsuc- sale record cards will be checked by the officer approv- 

 cessfui bidders. m g ^he sa j e an( j deposits made by unsuccessful bid- 

 ders refunded in accordance with the instructions on page 28. 



CONTRACTS. 



The contract should not be submitted to the successful bidder for 

 execution until assurance is received that the deposit 

 required with the bid has been made. 



Every reasonable effort will be made by the supervisor to secure 



prompt execution tne P rom P* ) execution of all agreements and bonds. 



If for any reason the agreement and bond are not 



executed, the district forester will be notified and the case closed. 



Form 202 will be used in the preparation of contracts, with the 



Form insertion of such special clauses as particular cases 



may require. 



If two or more persons who are not partners purchase timber, the 

 names of all will be given in full at the beginning of the contract and 



