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the applicant actually owns or intends to purchase or less than the 

 number he intends to graze upon the Forest. Speculation in the use 

 of grazing permits will not be allowed, and permits will be refused or 

 canceled for intentional false statement of the number of stock owned. 

 For all purposes of permanent allotment each member or stockholder 

 of a firm or corporation will be considered as holding a permit to graze 

 the full number of stock covered by any and all grazing permits issued 

 to such firm or corporation. The individual permit of a person who 

 acquires an interest in the permit of any firm or corporation will be 

 subject to reduction in its renewal when the combined number of 

 stock covered by all permits in which the person interested exceeds 

 the maximum limit. 



QUALIFICATIONS OF APPLICANTS. 



Reg. G-14. Grazing permits will be issued only to persons entitled 

 to share in the use of the range within National Forests by virtue of 

 prior use and occupancy of National Forest lands for grazing purposes; 

 or by local residence, ownership of improved ranch property within 

 or near the Forest, and dependence upon the range; or by the acqui- 

 sition of stock grazed upon National Forest lands under permit and 

 of improved ranch property used in connection with the stock, under 

 circumstances which warrant an entire or partial renewal of the permit 

 issued to the former owner, except when there is a surplus range, in 

 which case temporary permits may be issued to owners of transient 

 stock, or to regular permittees for an increased number of stock. 



Nonuse of a range during one year, except as authorized by the 

 instructions of the Forester, will be sufficient grounds for the denial 

 of grazing privileges. 



PREFERENCES. 



Reg. G-15. Citizens of the United States will be given preference 

 in the use of the National Forests, but persons who are not citizens 

 may be allowed grazing permits provided they are bona fide residents 

 and owners of improved ranch property either within or adjacent to 

 a National Forest. 



Regular occupants of the range who own and reside upon improved 

 ranch property in or near National Forests will be given first con- 

 sideration, but will be limited to a number which will not exclude 

 regular occupants who reside or whose stock are wintered at a greater 

 distance from the National Forests. With this provision applicants 

 for grazing permits will be given preference hi the following order: 



Class A: Persons owning and residing upon improved ranch prop- 

 erty within or near a National Forest who are dependent upon the 

 National Forest for range and who do not own more than the estab- 

 lished protective limit number of stock. 



Class B: Regular users of National Forest range who do not own 

 unproved ranch property within or near a National Forest, and per- 

 sons owning such ranch property who own numbers of stock in excess 

 of the established protective limits. 



Class C: Persons who are not regular users of National Forest range 

 and who do not own improved ranch property within or near a Na- 

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