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the situation. All applicants who do not own improved ranch prop- 

 erty or who are nonresident ranch owners and winter their stock upon 

 the open range will be reduced the full percentage of _ their class. 

 Resident ranch owners who whiter their stock upon the adjoining open 

 range, regular users who purchase winter feed for their stock from 

 resident ranch owners, and nonresident ranch owners whose stock is 

 wintered upon the products of their lands will be reduced 75 per cent 

 of the reduction figure. Owners residing upon their improved ranches 

 and wintering their stock upon the products of their lands will be 

 reduced 50 per cent of the reduction figure. 

 Reductions in Term Permits. 



All applications for grazing during a term of years, which are 

 approved for more than the protective limit , will be granted subject 

 to an annual reduction not exceeding 5 per cent to provide for the 

 issuance of permits to new settlers within, or in the immediate 

 vicinity of, the National Forest, and subject to any additional reduc- 

 tion which may be necessary to stop damage to the Forest. 



While the percentage of reduction to provide for new settlers will 

 not exceed 5 per cent, the reduction to stop damage to the Forest 

 may be as large as necessary to secure the result. As term permits 

 are not authorized until the number of stock grazed has been reduced 

 to the normal capacity of the Forest, it is not probable that severe 

 reductions Avill be required. 



At the expiration of the term permit the 5 per cent clause to pro- 

 vide for new owners ceases to be binding on the service, and the 

 application in its renewal is subject to any percentage of reduction 

 that is effective on. the Forest at the time. 

 Deferred Reductions. 



In cases where the topography makes it impossible to assemble 

 and utilize range made available by a sliding scale reduction the 

 reduction upon permits for such range may be deferred until the fol- 

 lowing year or until the range can be utilized by other permittees. 

 The permit should contain a stipulation that it is subject to the 

 specified reduction in the next year. 



PERMITS TO PURCHASERS OF PERMITTED STOCK. (Reg. G-18.) 



Free Permits to Purchasers. 



In case a permittee seUs stock under permit and the purchaser 

 wishes to continue to graze it on the National Forest, upon presenta- 

 tion to the supervisor of evidence that the sale is bona fide the original 

 permit will be canceled and a new permit issued to the purchaser 

 without charge for the remainder of the season. If only a portion 

 of the stock is sold, an amended permit for the number of stock 

 retained will be issued to the original permittee. No transfer of fees 

 on the record is necessary in such cases. Cross-reference entries 

 will be made on the record cards. Renewal of permit the following 

 season will be in accordance with the following rules. 

 Minimum Period Between Renewals. 



In order to prevent speculation, renewal of permit will not be 



allowed a purchaser of permitted stock if the original permittee has 



used the range less than three years. A permit granted because of 



the purchase of permitted stock ma}', however, be renewed to a 



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