NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL. 45 



TRANSMISSION LINE STIPULATION. 

 (Act of February 15, 1901.) 



The 



Company, hereinafter called " the permittee." having on the day of 



, 19__, filed with the district forester at 



, an application, in accordance with the regulations of the Secretary of 



Agriculture, hereinafter called " the Secretary," for a permit to occupy and 

 use certain lands of the United States within the Na- 

 tional Forest in the State of , and more particularly de- 

 scribed in and shown by the maps accompanying said application, and made a 

 part thereof, upon which to construct, maintain, and operate a certain trans- 

 mission line, or lines, described in said application for the purpose of trans- 

 mitting electric power, does hereby, in consideration of and as a prerequisite to 

 the approval of the said application and the granting of the permit applied for, 

 stipulate and agree as follows, to wit: 



ARTICLE 1. To construct its transmission line or lines on the location shown 

 upon the maps, specifically described in its final application for permit, filed with 



the district forester at , on the day of , 



]9-_, which said maps are hereby made a part of this stipulation, and to make 

 no material deviation from said locations until maps showing such deviation 

 shall have been filed with the district forester and approved by the Secretary ; 

 and no deviation or amendment will be approved which will interfere with the 

 occupancy and use of National Forest lands under existing permits, or conflict 

 with prior rights under pending applications. 



ART. 2. To file within six (6) months after the completion of the transmission 

 line or lines, as required in article 3 hereof, in the manner prescribed for orig- 

 inal maps of location, maps showing the final location of each line or lines as 

 constructed, if such final location varies from that shown upon maps origi- 

 nally filed or upon approved amendments thereof. 



ART. 3. To begin the construction of the aforesaid line or lines within a 



period of months from the date of the permit for which application 



has been made, and to complete the construction of said line or lines within 

 the period of months from said date. 



ART. 4. That except when prevented by the act of God or by the public enemy 

 or by unavoidable accident or contingency, the permittee will, after the beginning 

 of operation, continuously operate for the furnishing or transmitting of electric 

 power the transmission line or lines constructed, maintained, and operated in 

 whole or in part under the aforesaid permit, unless upon a full and satisfactory 

 showing of the reasons therefor this requirement shall be temporarily waived 

 with the written consent of the Secretary. 



ART. 5. To pay to the National Bank of 



(United States depository), or such other Government depository or officer as 

 may hereafter be legally designated, to be placed to the credit of the United 

 States a charge annually in advance during the decade beginning January 1, 



19__, of dollars ($_ ), being at the approximate 



rate of five dollars ($5) per mile per annum, and during each succeeding decade 

 an annual charge at such reasonable rate per mile as the Secretary may fix at 

 the beginning of each such decade. 



ART. 6. On demand of the Secretary to install at such places and to maintain 

 in good operating condition in such manner as shall be approved by the Secre- 

 tary accurate meters or other devices approved by the Secretary, adequate for 

 the determination of the amount of power delivered over the transmission line 

 or lines under permit, or any part thereof; to keep accurate and sufficient rec- 

 ords of the foregoing determinations to the satisfaction of the Secretary; and 

 to make a return during January of each year, under oath, of such of the 

 records of measurements for the year ended on December 31, preceding, made 

 by or in the possession of the permittee, as may be required by the Secretary. 



ART. 7. That the books and records of the permittee, in so far as they con- 

 tain information concerning the power transmission line or lines under permit, 

 or the power business conducted in connection therewith, shall be open at all 

 times to the inspection and examination of the Secretary, or other officer or 

 agent of the United States duly authorized to make such inspection and exami- 

 nation. 



ART. 8. On demand of the Secretary to maintain a system of accounting of 

 the entire power business, conducted in connection with the power transmis- 



