50 NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL GRAZING. 



Action on Applications After Final Date. 



The applications having been acted upon and the notices of approval 

 forwarded, no changes will be made to accommodate persons who 

 failed to file their applications in time, unless their failure was caused 

 by circumstances which, in the supervisor's opinion, warrant a read- 

 justment of range allotments. Negligence or failure to exercise 

 ordinary diligence will not be considered a satisfactory reason for 

 the acceptance of an appli cation after the date set. 



In case the total number of any kind of stock applied for before 

 the date which has been set does not equal the number authorized 

 to graze on the Forest, applications may be approved at any time 

 until this figure has been reached. 

 Acknowledgment of Receipt. 



Supervisors will acknowledge the receipt of applications by postal 

 card (Form 303). 

 No Notification of Approval Before Date Established. 



Supervisors must not notify applicants of the approval of their 

 applications before the date set for their consideration. 



APPLICATION FOB PERMITS. (Reg. G-13.) 



Applications Should Be Complete. 



Forest officers should require that every question contained in 

 Forms 298 and 879 shall be answered by the applicant, either affirma- 

 tively or negatively. The information required to complete the 

 forms really serves as the basis for the apportionment of grazing 

 privileges and constitutes the record maintained by the Forest 

 Service. All statements should be complete and be checked and 

 verified by the supervisor. 



Certified Statements. 



When necessary, an applicant may be required to furnish a certi- 

 fied statement showing the name, residence, and interest of any 

 other person in the stock covered by his application. The district 

 forester may require firms or corporations to furnish a certified state- 

 ment of the name and residence of all members or stockholders. 



If the supervisor has reason to believe that a new applicant, or one 

 seeking the renewal of a permit on account of purchase, already 

 holds an interest in a company grazing stock under permit he may 

 require this information, or may require it if there is a question of 

 preference between two companies or corporations. 



Sworn Statements. 



A sworn statement may be required by a forest supervisor, but 

 ordinarily they are unnecessary. The penalty for false statement 

 of essential facts should preferably be the refusal or cancellation of 

 permit as provided by regulation G-13 rather than prosecution for 

 perjury under the State laws, consequently a sworn statement is 

 valuable chiefly for its moral effect. 

 False Statements or Suppression of Material Facts. 



If at any time between the first allotment of a grazing privilege 

 and the final closure of the case through the acceptance by the forest 

 supervisor of a waiver of grazing privileges it is discovered that the 

 original allotment of the privilege or its subsequent renewal was 

 secured by willful misrepresentation or the suppression of material 



