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the solicitor and the Solicitor, the former will telegraph briefly all 

 the essential facts in the case to the Solicitor, and the Attorney Gen- 

 eral will be requested to give immediate instructions to the United 

 States attorney to apply for an injunction. 



Whenever application for an injunction is so urgent that the 

 interests of the United States would be prejudiced by the delay inci- 

 dent to the course outlined in the paragraph immediately preceding, 

 the district assistant to the solicitor will submit the facts to the 

 proper United States attorney and will request that application be 

 made immediately for an injunction, but as soon as possible there- 

 after he will advise the Solicitor of his action and of the essential 

 facts in the case in order that the Attorney General may be requested 

 at once to give the necessary instructions to the United States 

 attorney. 



ORDINARY CIVIL CASES. 



The Forest officer upon discovering a trespass should take im- 

 Action by for- mediate steps to protect the National Forests from 

 est officer. injury. 



After taking such action the Forest officer will prepare a report in 

 duplicate in accordance with the outline on Form 856 

 Forest officer's an ^ su bmit it to the supervisor. This report should 

 contain clear-cut, definite statements covering all 

 points which are pertinent to the case, as noted on the form, or as 

 outlined in the instructions regarding grazing trespass. If the tres- 

 pass is committed on or under color of a claim, report should at the 

 same time be made upon the claim, in accordance with the outline 

 on Form 654 or 655, which will accompany the trespass report. 

 If upon receiving the report it is the supervisor's opinion that a 

 trespass has been committed, he will, except in cases 

 Action by su- o f property and criminal fire trespasses, inform the 

 trespasser by registered mail, or in person, of the tres- 

 pass, and that he will be allowed a definite time from receipt of notice 

 in which to make a sworn statement of the circum- 

 ^ ances f t ne trespass and his estimate of the damages 

 sustained by the Government as a result of the tres- 

 pass, and that such statement will be considered in the determina- 

 tion of the actual damages sustained by reason of the trespass. 

 Whenever practicable the supervisor should meet the trespasser and 

 talk the matter over with him. No grazing, timber, 

 or occupancy trespass report should be forwarded to 

 the district 'forester until the trespasser has had an 

 opportunity to present his version of the facts. 



After consideration of the trespasser's statements the supervisor 

 will supplement the Forest officer's report by his own findings as to 

 the damage sustained by the Government, and particularly as to the 

 innocence or willfulness of the trespass, and send both to the district 

 forester. 



Upon receipt of the papers in the case by the district forester it will 



Procedur ' k referred to the office concerned. A separate folder, 



district 6 office with the designation thereon, will be used for each 



case. An index card will be used for each case, upon 



which will be entered the case designation and such notations as may 



be necessary. The assistant district forester in charge of the office, 



