20 NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL GRAZING. 



Persons who have sold their stock grazed under permit and signed 

 a waiver to their preference will not be recognized as new applicants 

 for a period of three years from the date of the waiver, except as pur- 

 chasers of permitted stock. 



CANCELLATION AND REVOCATION OF PERMITS, 



Reg. G-20. Authority to cancel or revoke grazing permits is dele- 

 gated to forest officers under the following conditions: Permits may 

 be canceled by the issuing officer or his successor or official superior 

 upon request, or with the consent of the permittee, if such cancella- 

 tion is not detrimental to the best interests of the Government. Per- 

 mits may be revoked for breach of the terms of the grazing applica- 

 tion or permit or of the rules and regulations, provided that the 

 breach thereof is clearly established after the permittee has been 

 afforded a reasonable opportunity to show cause why the permit 

 should not be revoked, and that the revocation of permit is approved 

 by the district assistant to the solicitor, but they may be revoked only 

 by an official superior of the issuing officer or in the following general 

 order: Forest rangers' pernrts by the forest supervisor, forest super- 

 visors' permits by the district forester, district foresters' permits by 

 the Forester. 



BONDS. 



Reg. G-21. Whenever it fs necessary for the protection of a 

 National Forest, or of the interests dependent upon it, the supervisor 

 may require the owners of transient stock, or nonresidents of the 

 State or Territory in which the National Forest is located, or persons 

 who have persistently violated the regulations of the Secretary of 

 Agriculture to give good and sufficient bond to insure payment for all 

 damage sustained by the Government through violation of the regu- 

 lations or the terms of the permit. 



SETTLEMENT OF CONTROVERSIES. 



Reg. G-22. Whenever there is a dispute between grazing appli- 

 cants for the same area the supervisor will notify them to appear 

 before him at a stated tune and place, to make a statement of their 

 claims. After all evidence has been presented the supervisor will 

 decide who shall be granted permits, and will forthwith notify each 

 party to the dispute of his decision and his reasons therefor, which 

 will "be final unless written notice of appeal to the district forester is 

 given within 10 days thereafter. Upon filing such notice 20 davs 

 will be allowed for preparation of the case for presentation to the 

 district forester. 



APPEALS. 



Reg. G-23. The disapproval of an application for grazing privi- 

 leges, the denial of an increase or the requirement of a reduction in 

 the number of stock covered by a permit in its renewal, or the dis- 

 approval of a request for a certain range allotment by the supervisor 

 shall be considered final unless written request for a reconsideration 

 of the case is filed with the supervisor within 10 days from the date 

 of the receipt of his decision. The decision of the supervisor after a 

 reconsideration of the case shall be considered final unless written 



