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opening of the grazing period, so that the supervisor may make tem- 

 porary disposition of the vacant range. Permits allowing the tem- 

 porary use of such a range should stipulate that a renewal of the 

 permit may not be allowed during the following year. 



Nonuse of a range by a new applicant will cause him to forfeit all 

 preference which has been allowed him. 

 State or Federal Employees. 



Permittees employed by the State or Federal Government, who wish 

 to discontinue the use of the range without losing their preferences, 

 may do so by filing a statement of their employment and probable 

 duration, the disposition made of their stock, and authorizing the 

 supervisor to dispose of their range privileges. Upon the expiration 

 of their term of service their preference in the allotment of permits 

 may be restored to them subject to any reductions or restrictions 

 made during their absence or effective at the date of their reapplication. 



Except in the case of Federal or State employees, nonuse of tha 

 range for more than one year will cause the permittee to lose all 

 preference on account of prior use of the range. 



Waiver of Preference. 



Where the renewal of a permit is allowed a purchaser of stock, a 

 written waiver (Form 763) of all claims by the original permittee, to 

 a renewal of the permit for the stock sold should be filed with the 

 supervisor. This leaves the supervisor free to renew the permit to the 

 purchaser, if such action is justified, but no action should be taken by 

 the supervisor which in any way obligates the Forest Service to allow 

 a renewal of the permit. 



A person who has signed a waiver of grazing privileges will not be 

 recognized as a new applicant until after three years from the date of 

 waiver, but may secure at any time a renewal or permit as a purchaser 

 of permitted stock. (See instructions "Permits to purchasers of 

 permitted stock," p. 65.) 

 Foreclosure of Mortgage. 



If a mortgage on stock is foreclosed, the permittee does not lose his 

 preference in a permit for the following season and unless he has 

 returned his permit to the supervisor and consented to the issuance 

 of a permit to the mortgagor as a purchaser for the remainder of the 

 grazing period, he may replace the stock. The person foreclosing the 

 mortgage may be allowed, with the consent of the permitttee, to con- 

 tinue grazing the stock during the remainder of the current grazing 

 period under the same conditions as a purchaser, but secures no 

 privileges of renewal unless the owner of the stock signs a waiver of 

 his renewal preferences. (Also see " Permits to purchasers of per- 

 mitted stock," p. 65.) 



The foreclosure of a mortgage covering both stock and ranch will 

 not cause a permittee to lose the preference allowed him in use of the 

 range if he replaces the stock and secures another ranch equally 

 dependent upon the range. 

 Nono wnership . 



An applicant who does not own the stock for which permit is 

 desired, but whose prior use of the range entitles him to consideration, 

 may secure a grazing permit on his certification that the stock will be 

 purchased. 



