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Nonpayment of Fees. 



The last paragraph of this regulation should be enforced within 

 the discretion conferred by the regulation. It is not the intention to 

 bar the applicant from all future use of the range because he fails to 

 pay his grazing fee for one season. If he fails to do so he may be 

 denied a permit until settlement is made and if his stock graze upon 

 the Forest he may be prosecuted for trespass; or, if he makes appli- 

 cation without intending to use the range but merely to hold it to 

 the exclusion of other applicants, he may be denied a permit. If 

 failure to make the required payment does not deprive others of range 

 or necessitate a readjustment of grazing allotments, it may be over- 

 looked and need not be made the grounds for a rejection of an appli- 

 cation. 

 Procedure Payments. 



When payment of a grazing fee is required, the forest officer wilt 

 furnish the applicant with a letter of transmittal (Form 861-G), which 

 must accompany the remittance to the United States depository. A 

 duplicate will be sent to the district forester by the supervisor and a 

 triplicate filed in the supervisor's office. 



Delinquents. 



When necessary, the supervisor will notify all persons who have not 



Eaid the fees that their payments are overdue. Thirty days after the 

 eginning of the grazing period the supervisor will take such action 

 as is justified in the case of each delinquent. 



REFUNDS. (Beg. G-ll.) 



Excess Payments. 



WTienever payment in excess of the amount due is made, the amount 

 overpaid will be refunded. Applications for the refund of moneys in 

 excess of the amount due must be accompanied by a copy of the 

 grazing permit issued, showing the amount received and the number 

 of stock and grazing period covered by the permit. 



All claims for refunds will be considered in accordance with regu- 

 lation G-ll. 

 Statement or Report. 



Applications for the refund of money paid on account of a grazing 

 permit must be accompanied by a statement giving the reasons for 

 not using the permit. This may be either the written statement of 

 the permittee or a report by a forest officer who has looked up the case. 

 Conditions Warranting a Refund. 



Refunds will be made to a person who applies for a permit and 

 does not use it only when the nonuse is caused by some circumstance 

 over which he has no control. Unusual climatic conditions, floods, 

 high water in streams, heavy snow, etc., or infectious disease causing 

 quarantine by Federal or State authority, loss of stock caused by 

 poison, disease, railroad wrecks, or in some unusual manner, are all 

 good reasons for refund. In all cases of unusual loss where it is 

 either impracticable or impossible for the applicant to secure other 

 stock, a refund may be made, but if the stock can be replaced this 

 should be required, as in the case where a portion of the stock has 

 been sold and removed from the range. 



