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linen, with one print copy of each, the correspondence file, the letter 

 from the supervising engineer of the Reclamation Service and the 

 original, and one copy of the stipulation and of the permit. 



If, because of field conditions or other reasons, the supervisor has 

 been unable to make his report on timber (Form 578b) by the time 

 the other papers are ready for transmittal, the case should not be 

 delayed on that account but be forwarded immediately, and the Form 

 578b submitted later. 



The chief engineer will examine the papers received from the dis- 

 trict forester, together with the matter submitted in the application. 

 He will return to the district forester the original maps and plans on 

 tracing linen, the correspondence file, the letter of the supervising 

 engineer of the Reclamation Service, and the original copies of the 

 stipulation and the permit. If he concurs in the recommendations 

 of the district forester and the district engineer, he will initial the 

 original copies of the stipulation and the permit. If he does not 

 concur, he will return them without his initial and with a letter to 

 the district forester explaining his reasons for not concurring. 



The district forester will send the applicant two copies of the 

 stipulation, and, when necessary, a form (319) for corporate officer's 

 authority, with the request that one copy of the stipulation be duly 

 executed and returned to him. He will also send with the stipulation 

 a statement on Form 861 of the amount of the first year's rental 

 charge and will by letter inform the applicant that any priority 

 established under his application will be lost if the rental charges 

 are not paid and the stipulation is not executed and returned within 

 90 days from the date of the letter accompanying it, unless such time 

 is extended by the written authority of the Secretary of Agriculture. 



After the duly executed stipulation has been returned and has been 

 initialed by the assistant to the solicitor, and after notice of payment 

 is received" the district forester will submit to the Forester one copy 

 of the complete application, one copy of the report of the district 

 engineer, the original and one copy of the stipulation, the original 

 and one copy of the permit, the correspondence file, and the letter of 

 the supervising engineer of the United States Reclamation Service. 



If any material changes are made in the stipulation and permit 

 after they have been returned to the district forester by the chief 

 enginer, all papers in the case will be resubmitted to the chief engi- 

 neer before being finally submitted by the district forester to the 

 Forester. 



Upon receipt of the complete papers in the case the Forester will 

 submit them with his recommendations to the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture. When the permit has been signed by the Secretary the 

 Forester will retain one copy of the permit, one copy of the stipula- 

 tion, the district engineer's report, and one print of the general map 

 of location (see Reg. L-ll (G), (5)) and will return all the other 

 papers in the case, including the signed original permit, to the dis- 

 trict forester. 



Upon transmitting the original permit to the permittee the district 

 forester will inform the chief engineer by letter of the dates of 

 signing and the signatures on the stipulation and permit. He will 

 also send the supervisor a copy of the complete application (except 

 the papers required by Regulation L-9. and except the print map 

 of location and the copy of the field notes which have been previ- 



