LETTEE OF TEA^SMITTAL. 



U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR, 

 Washington, D. C., November 8, 1912. 



SIR : I have the honor to transmit herewith, and to recommend for 

 publication, a compilation of laws and parts of laws of a general 

 nature affecting the administration and protection of the National 

 Forests, with citations to acts of special or local application, and 

 references to the more important decisions of the courts, the Interior 

 Department, the Attorney General, the Comptroller of the Treasury, 

 and the Solicitor of the Department of Agriculture. This compilation 

 was requested by the Forester, and under my direction was compiled 

 by Mr. W. W. Dyar, with the aid of other assistants to the Solicitor, 

 all under the supervision of Mr. R. W. Williams, in charge of the 

 Forest Service section of this office. 

 Respectfully, 



GEO. P. McCABE, 



Solicitor. 

 Hon. JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 

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