70 NATIONAL FOBEST MANUAL FREE USE. 



Cutting reports will be required by supervisors only when they 

 consider them necessary in large permits to check 

 the rate of cutting and the amount as against that 

 fixed in the permit. 



Rangers' free-use permits will be issued in duplicate on Form 874-8. 



Ran ers- records ^ ie . a PP rove d original will be transmitted to the 



permittee and the ranger will retain the duplicate 



copy, which will be filed alphabetically by the name of the permittee 



in a promise card box. For convenience in closing, all permits will 



be made to expire at the end of a month. When a case is closed the 



date of closing and the amount and value of material secured will 



be entered on the back of the permit. 



If Form 874-8 is used in supervisors' or district foresters' permits 

 the original will be sent to the permittee and a carbon filed by the 

 ranger with other permits. If a special form is necessary which can 

 not be conveniently filed with the Form 874-8 permits an index card 

 will be used and the permit filed with timber sales. Rangers will 

 recommend the closing of supervisors' and district foresters' permits 

 and immediately close the case in their own files. No record of 

 rangers' permits will be kept in the supervisors' offices. 



Supervisors' permits will be prepared in triplicate on Form 874-8, 



or on a special form similar to Form 202 when nec- 



jjuper per- essary The approved original will be transmitted 



to the permittee. The supervisor will retain the 



duplicate and forward the triplicate to the ranger. Supervisors may 



require reports in large or umfsual cases. 



When an application exceeds the supervisor's authorization, he will 

 prepare a permit in triplicate, which, with the neces- 

 pe?mits ct 5 sary report and recommendations, will be forwarded 



to the district forester in duplicate for approval. 

 After approval the permit and report will be returned to the super- 

 visor, who will transmit the original to the permittee, one copy to the 

 ranger, and retain one copy. No record of individual cases will be 

 kept in the district office. 



Whenever application is made for free use of timber to an amount 

 exceeding the authorization of the district forester 

 ^ ne application must be submitted to the Secretary 

 of Agriculture for approval if the value exceeds $500, 

 and to the Forester if within this amount and above the authorization 

 of the district forester. When so approved the district forester will 

 issue the permit following the procedure outlined under " District 

 forester's permits." 



At the end of each fiscal year, or at other times if required by the 



Rangers' reports supervisor, each ranger will submit a report giving 



separately for live and dead timber the number of 



Eermits issued and the quantity and value of material actually used 

 y the permittees. This report will cover all free-use and adminis- 

 trative-use permits, including those approved by supervisors and 

 district foresters. Such reports will be incorporated in the super- 

 visor's annual statistical report to the district forester. 



Temporary free-use areas from which only dead fuel or dead fence 



material, or both, may be taken prior to securing a 



use e areas. ary " permit will be recommended by supervisors and 



approved by district foresters only where it is evident 



