66 NATIONAL. FOREST MANUAL TIMBER SETTLEMENT. 



the timber should be paid for on the basis of the estimate or actual 

 scale, and state when cutting or destruction is likely to take place. 



Upon the receipt of these papers, the supervisor will record the 

 case as in "Unadvertised Sales," using a white card (Form 615) 

 stamped " Timber Settlement/' which will be filed with the Timber 

 Sale cards. 



Special clauses covering payment for timber cut or destroyed in 

 connection with occupancy permits and the dispo- 

 ciiuises 6 * settlement sition of refuse are included in the various forms or 

 stipulations as follows: 



Form 832, special-use permit, clauses 5 and 9. 



Form 80, railroad stipulations, clauses 1 and 2. 



Form 81, stipulations in connection with irrigation, municipal, and 

 mining easements, clauses 1 and 2. 



Form 59, preliminary water-power permit, clause 6. 



Form 61, water-power stipulation, clauses 23, 24, 26, and 27. 



Form 63, transmission-line permit, clauses 4 and 6. 



Such modifications should be made in these clauses as are necessary 

 to adapt them to the particular conditions in each case. 



The following clause should be inserted in stipulations or permits 

 involving the use of drivable streams, when practicable and necessary 

 to protect the interests of the Government in future timber sales: 



To maintain suitable gates in the dam to provide for the driving of timber down 



the River or stream at such times as, in the judgment of the Forest officer, 



will not cause undue interference with the operation of the plant. 



Deposits Deposits will be required in advance of cutting or 



destruction. 

 Letters of transmittal and cutting reports, if payment is made upon 



cutting reports scale, will be handled as in timber sales. 



In cases in which settlement is made on the basis of 

 an estimate, one c'utting report stating the total estimated amount 

 cut or destroyed will be submitted upon completion of the work, 

 utilization ^ ^ ne ti m b er is cut, utilization as complete as in 



current timber sales will be required. 

 Howrennrt^d Timber in settlements will be included in reports 



of timber "sold" and "cut." 



Timber settlements will be closed when cutting is finished and 

 closing brush properly disposed of, or if no timber is cut, 



when construction work is completed, independently 

 of special-use permits or rights-of-way stipulations. If timber is 

 damaged or destroyed subsequent to the closing of the timber set- 

 tlement, the case may be reopened. 



If the amount of timber involved in a special-use permit is more 



than the supervisor is authorized to approve in a 



diK? fow e st5? * sa l e > tne case wttl be referred to the district forester 



with the report on^ Forms 578a and 578b and drafts 



of timber settlement clauses to be included in the permit. 



The supervisor's report and the drafts of clauses in every special 

 use or Interior Department right of way which involves a timber 

 settlement will be scrutinized with reference to payments, prices, and 

 policy. The approved draft of the clauses and a letter of instructions 

 will oe sent to the supervisor in connection with the action taken 

 upon the special use. 



