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the Forester, and from the Forester's decision to the Secretary of 



Agriculture. 



Complaints of Members. 



Complaint against the supervisor's action by members of the asso- 

 ciation should be taken up through the advisory board unless the 

 permittee desires to take up the matter directly as an individual. 



Special Rules. 



Special rules designed to bring about economies of operation, larger 

 natural increases, improved grades of live stock, etc., should not be 

 drafted or enforced except upon the specific request of the majority of 

 the permittees who will be affected. 



No rule should be established that is not designed to accomplish 

 some specific result generally beneficial to the majority of the 

 permittees. 



Xo rule should be adopted that is not clearly within the limitations 

 of the State or Federal statutes concerning live stock. 



Rules approved by the district forester will be binding upon all 

 permittees whether members of the association or not. 



ORGANIZATION. 



Character of Association. 



An association may contain a majority or a minority of the permit- 

 tees, and it may be officially recognized within an entire Forest or a 

 district or division thereof. 

 Small Organizations Practicable. 



In the administration of the National Forests good results have been 

 secured through cooperation with associations representing the 

 majority of the users or small grazing divisions, who have a community 

 of interests, are more readily assembled for the consideration of 

 administrative problems, and more closely in touch with the 

 conditions existing within their ranges. 

 Majority Association. 



A majority association is one whose membership includes a majority 

 of the permittees grazing a certain kind of stock under permits of 

 record, either paid or on account of private land, upon the range 

 unit within which recognition is desired. The permittees need not 

 constitute a majority of the members of the association nor do they 

 have to hold permits for a majority of the stock grazed upon the unit 

 hi order to secure official recognition. 

 Minority Association. 



A minority association is one whose membership does not include a 

 majority of the permittees grazing the particular kind of stock within 

 the range unit for which recognition is desired, but does include 

 permittees owning and grazing 75 per cent or more of the permitted 

 stock. A minority association will be officially recognized only when 

 its request for recognition is approved and indorsed by a majority of 

 the permittees grazing the particular kind of stock represented by the 

 association within the entire area in which recognition is to be 

 granted. 

 Indorsement by Petition. 



The indorsement of a minority association by nonmembers must 

 be by a petition stating that the subscribers approve and recommend 

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