NATIONAL FOEEST MANUAL. 9 



for the construction of works within an area covered by a prior pre- 

 liminary permit until after the filing of final application or the loss 

 of priority by the prior preliminary permittee. Applications for 

 final power permits involving in whole or in part the same lands will 

 be examined in order of their priority, but before the issuance of final 

 permit consideration may be given, in the discretion of the Secretary, 

 to the financial ability and business connections and affiliations of 

 the applicants. Successive preliminary permits may be issued coyer- 



_Lxz*_V^ carna nrncor cihp Knf Jr. oonVi en p/wgsi Vft Preliminary nprimt it. 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

 FOREST SERVICE. 



AMENDMENT NO. 25 TO THE NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL, 1913 

 WATER POWER, TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH, POWER TRANS- 

 MISSION LINES, REGULATIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRI- 

 CULTURE AND INSTRUCTIONS TO FOREST OFFICERS RELATING 

 TO WATER POWER (ACT OF FEBRUARY 15, 1901) AND TELE- 

 PHONE, TELEGRAPH, AND POWER TRANSMISSION LINES (ACT 

 OF MARCH 4, 1911). 



(Effective on and after July 25, 1913.) 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. 



Reg. L-6 of the National Forest Manual, 1913, water power, tele- 

 phone, telegraph, power transmission lines, issued by the Secretary of 

 Agriculture to take effect February '24. 1913, is hereby amended by 

 adding the following: 



Whenever in his opinion the public interest requires it, the Secre- 

 tary may grant an indeterminate permit in lieu of a fifty-year term 

 permit, but such indeterminate permit shall expressly state that it 

 is subject to the right of the United States, of the State, or of a 

 municipal corporation to purchase as provided in Regulation L-14. 

 paragraph (S) hereof; that it may be terminated for cause as pro- 

 vided in Regulation L-19 hereof; or that it may be otherwise modi- 

 fied or terminated according to law. Such .permit shall also provide 

 for a readjustment of its terms at intervals of not less than twenty 

 years to conform to regulations existing at the time of readjustment. 



Done at Washington. D. C., this 25th day of July, 1913. 



Witness my hand and the seal of the Department of Agriculture. 



[SEAL.] D. F. HOUSTON, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



3827 ' 13 



