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tional Forest. Class C applicants will not be granted permits upon 

 Forests which are fully occupied by permittees of classes A and B. 



Persons who have not regularly used the range within newly created 

 National Forests during preceding years will not be allowed to place 

 stock upon it for the purpose of establishing a grazing priority, unless 

 they are bona fide settlers living either within or adjacent to the 

 National Forest, who are entitled to share in the use of the range as 

 class A applicants. 



Permittees of classes B and C will not be allowed to increase the 

 number of stock grazed under permit except by the purchase of other 

 permitted stock under circumstances which warrant a renewal of the 

 permit held by the original owner. 



PROTECTIVE AND MAXIMUM LIMITS. 



Reg. G-16. When necessary to secure an equitable distribution 

 of grazing privileges, the district forester will establish protective 

 limits covering the number of stock for which the permits of small 

 class A owners will be exempt from reduction in their renewal. It 

 w r ill be within the discretion of the district forester to establish gen- 

 eral protective limits applicable to the entire Forest or special pro- 

 tective limits for each grazing district, such limits to be based upon 

 the character and intensity of the demand for grazing privileges within 

 each district. Permits for numbers of stock in excess of the protec- 

 tive limits will be subject to necessary sliding scale or other reductions 

 and will not be subject to increase in number except through pur- 

 chase of stock and ranches of other permittees. (See Reg. G-18.) 



When necessary to prevent monopoly of the range the district 

 forester will establish maximum limits in the number of stock for 

 which a permit will be issued to any one person, firm, or corporation. 

 The maximum limit may, in the discretion of the district forester, be 

 made applicable to a portion of a Forest, to an entire Forest, or to a 

 group of contiguous Forests. Permits for numbers of stock in excess 

 of the maximum limits will be issued only to persons who, during the 

 preceding year, held permits to graze numbers of stock equal to or 

 greater than that for which application is made. The district for- 

 ester may suspend the maximum limit in special cases. 



RENEWAL OF PERMITS. 



Reg. G-17. Grazing permits will be renewed only when the graz- 

 ing of the class of stock involved is authorized by the Secretary of 

 Agriculture. A permit may be divided in its renewal because of divi- 

 sion of stock ana ranches between two or more owners or purchasers. 

 Permits for numbers of stock in excess of the established protective 

 limits will be subject to reduction in their renewal, and no division or 

 sale of stock and ranches will exempt such permits from reduction. 



PERMITS TO PURCHASERS OF PERMITTED STOCK. 



Reg. G-18. Permits will be granted only for the exclusive use and 

 benefit of the owners of the stock, and will be forfeited if sold or trans- 

 ferred in any manner or for any consideration. If stock grazed under 

 Eermit is sold during the term of the permit the original permit must 

 e surrendered to the supervisor, who upon receipt of evidence that 



