74 NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL SALE AND FREE-USE FORMS. 



to the National Bank of (United States 



depository) or such other depository or officer as shall hereafter be designated, to be 



placed to the credit of the United States, 



(In final agreement, "the sum of 



dollars ($ ), more or less, as may be determined by the actual scale, measure, or count.") 



for the timber at the rate of 



(In application, "not less than.") 



(Per thousand feet b. m., cord, linear feet, etc.) 

 in advance payments of at least dollars ($ ) each when called for by 



the Forest officer in charge 



(If application for advertised sale, "550 being forwarded to the said United 



States depository at this time to cover cost of advertising, this amount to be placed to my (or our) credit if 



I am (or we are) the successful bidder, or refunded if my (or our) bid is rejected.") 



credit being given for the sums, if any, heretofore deposited with the said United 

 States depository or officer in connection with this sale. 



And further promise and agree to cut and remove said timber in strict 



(lor we.) 



accordance with the following conditions and all regulations governing timber sales 

 prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture : 



1. Timber upon valid claims and all timber to which there exists valid claim under 

 contract with the Forest Service is exempted from this sale. 



2. No timber will be cut or remoxed until it has been paid for. 



3. No timber will be removed until it has been scaled, measured, or counted by a 

 Forest officer. 



4. No timber will be cut except from the area specified by a Forest officer. No 

 live timber will be cut except that marked or otherwise designated by a Forest 

 officer. 



5. All merchantable timber used in buildings, skid ways, bridges, construction of 

 roads, or other improvements will be paid for at the price herein specified. 



6. All cutting will be done with a saw when possible. 



7. No unnecessary damage will be done to young growth or to trees left standing, 



and no trees shall be left lodged in the process of felling 



(Unmarked or undesignated.) 



trees that are badly damaged during the process of logging will be cut if required by 

 the Forest officers, and when such damage is due to carelessness, the trees so injured 

 will be paid for at twice the price herein specified. 



8. The approximate minimum diameter limit at a point 4 feet from the ground to 



which living trees are to be cut is 



(Limits in inches for all species involved. When individual 



trees are marked for cutting, "Trees above these diameters may be reserved for seed or protection, and 

 merchantable trees below these diameters may be marked at the discretion of the Forest officer." When 

 other methods of cutting are advisable, insert suitable provisions so that the system of cutting and method 



of designation will be clear.) 



9. Stumps will be cut so as to cause the least possible waste and will not be cut 



higher than inches on the side adjacent to the highest ground lower when 



possible except in unusual cases when, in the discretion of the Forest officer, thin 

 height is not considered practicable. 



10. All trees will be utilized to as low a diameter in the tops as possible so as to cause 

 the least waste, and to a minimum diameter of inches when merchantable in 



