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stipulations of settlement have been fulfilled and report to the super- 

 visor. If the area is reported in satisfactory condition the supervisor 

 will then report to the district forester and recommend that the case 

 be closed. Upon being notified by the district forester that the 

 case is closed he will notify the trespasser of the closure of the case. 



GRAZING TRESPASS (Beg. T-3). 



Under Regulation T-3 the following acts constitute trespass: 

 (A) Allowing stock not exempt from permit to drift and graze on 

 a National Forest without permit. 



Y telrtfrL* -tf^ t3 (B) Grazing or driving stock not exempt from per- 

 pass. " mit on National Forest land without permit. 



(C) Violation of any of the terms of a grazing or 

 crossing permit . 



(D) Kefusal to remove stock upon instructions from an authorized 

 Forest officer when an injury is being done the National Forest by 

 reason of improper handling of the stock. 



The owner of trespassing stock should be ordered to remove it at 

 once, or, if the situation is urgent, the Forest officer 

 st<ttk m Val f P a y r ? move .the stock in any way that does not 

 injure it physically. 



A distinction is made between permitted stock and unpermitted 

 stock. 



Permitted stock may tre removed from any portion of the Forest 

 not allotted to it, but the permit can not be canceled or the stock 

 removed from the area allotted to it without authority from the 

 district forester. 



Forest officers may drive unpermitted stock from any portion of 

 the Forest upon discovery of its presence, or they may allow the 

 owner or herder a reasonable time to remove it; but if he refuses 

 to do so, the person in charge of the stock may be arrested and the 

 stock removed from the Forest by the Forest officers. (See Proced- 

 ure in criminal cases.) 



After the removal of the stock the Forest officer discovering the tres- 



Re Qrt pass will prepare a report in duplicate in accordance 



with the outline on Form 856 and forward it to the 

 supervisor. This report should contain clear-cut, definite statements 

 upon the following points : The inclusive dates upon which the stock 

 was in trespass; actual or approximate number of stock grazed in 

 trespass and method of determination; brands or earmarks of stock 

 and recorded ownership of same; name and address of the owner 

 of the stock; location and extent of area upon which stock has tres- 

 passed, by legal subdivisions, or a definite description by local land- 

 marks; whether Forest boundaries were marked at point of trespass 

 or not, and whether trespasser has ever been advised of the exact 

 location of the Forest boundaries or has theretofore committed a 

 similar trespa'ss on the Forest; kind of monuments used to mark the 

 boundaries and their distance apart; the names and addresses of 

 all witnesses haying knowledge of the facts, together with a brief 

 synopsis of their statements, signed by them. Should there be 

 witnesses who decline to make a statement, a brief synopsis of the 

 facts to which it is believed they can testify should be sub- 



