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Barns, sheds, and other small structures may be constructed at ranger head- 

 quarters when needed. Corrals may be built in connection with barns or 

 pastures. 



Office buildings may also be constructed for the use of district rangers or 

 for summer headquarters of the supervisor when the necessity can be shown. 



Plans for the erection of buildings or fences, to insure pasture or crops, 

 will include a map to show their location and a report setting forth their need, 

 character, and cost. In preparing plans and specifications for buildings the 

 designs given in " Standard Plans for Buildings " should be consulted. 



Survey of Administrative Sites. 



As rapidly as possible, all administrative sites used as headquarters for 

 Forest officers should be accurately surveyed and mapped on a scale of not 

 less than 4 inches to the mile. This map should show topography, cover, soil, 

 and the location of all improvements. The accompanying report should de- 

 scribe conditions and improvements, and should outline plans for the future 

 development of the site for administrative purposes. 



PROCEDURE. 

 Allotments. 



Allotments to the Forests from the improvement fund will be made by the 

 District Forester, in conformity with the improvement plan, to provide for 

 the construction of specific projects. Allotments will also be made, on the 

 basis of the supervisor's annual estimates, for specific projects of maintenance 

 of improvements, which can not be carried on by the regular field force in the 

 time available for such work. Specific projects which have been approved and 

 allotted for can not be abandoned without the approval of the District Forester. 

 Supervisors may transfer a part of the funds allotted for one approved project 

 to another project, provided the transfer does not involve the abandonment of 

 any project. 



Improvement Contingent. 



A contingent fund of approximately 5 per cent of the improvement allotment 

 to the district should be reserved at the beginning of the fiscal year by the 

 District Forester. Allotments to complete the more important approved projects, 

 the cost of which has been underestimated, should be made before this con- 

 tingent is subsequently allotted to new projects of equal or lesser importance. 



Cost Keeping. 



The cost of each project will be kept separately. In the case of large projects 

 a classified cost record should be kept ; this will serve as a measure of efficiency 

 and also as a guide in future work of the same character. 



Annual Statistical Report (Form 446). 



Supervisors will include in their annual statistical report (Form 446), for 

 each class of improvement: (1) The amount completed at the beginning of the 

 fiscal year for which the report is to be made: (2) the amount made during the 

 fiscal year; (3) the total to June 30 (being the sum of 1 and 2) : and (4) the 

 present value of the total improvement, estimated on the cost of replacing it, 

 both labor and material, less the depreciation if the improvement is not now 

 practically as good as new. 



Cooperation. 



Many of the improvements proposed will be of service to the general public, 

 and every effort should be made by the supervisor to obtain the assistance and 

 cooperation of individuals and of the county authorities in the construction of 

 such projects. 



Bights of Way. 



Rights of way for telephone lines should be obtained by purchase. The form, 

 a sample of which has been issued to the supervisors, should be used. Ordi- 

 narily the nominal sum of $1 should not be exceeded in purchasing rights 

 of way. 



Rights of way for roads and trails will generally be granted free of charge 

 by landowners, but when they can not be so obtained and the road or trail 

 is an important one, the assistance of the county should be sought to have a 

 right of way condemned. f 



