18 THE USE BOOK. 



AUTHORITY OF FOREST OFFICERS. 



All Forest officers have power to arrest without warrant any person whom 

 they discover in the act of violating the National Forest laws and regulations, 

 or if a violation of such, laws and regulations is committed out of the view of 

 such officers they have the authority to secure a warrant from a United States 

 commissioner, or, if one is not convenient, from a justice of the peace, and 

 use it as the visible sign of the right to arrest, and also to arrest for any such 

 violation on a warrant obtained by any competent person. 



ACCESSIBILITY OF PUBLIC RECORDS. 



REGULATION G. A.-5, In general, the papers on file in tlie offices of the 

 Forest Service relating to the transaction of National Forest business are public 

 records, and as such are open to the public. Information should not be refused 

 to persons whose interest is legitimate. Recommendations on matters pending 

 should not be made public. Equal opportunities for information must be given 

 to all persons having" an interest in any transaction. In conformity with the 

 practice and at the request of the Department of the Interior, all reports on 

 public-land claims will be treated as confidential, and may be examined only by 

 duly authorized officers and employees of the Government. Personnel reports 

 are confidential, and may be examined only by duly authorized officers of the 

 Government. Under no circumstances will inquirers be permitted to take papers 

 from the files outside of the building. (Issued August 12, 1912; amended to 

 read as above May 9, 1913.) 



ASSOCIATIONS OF FOREST USERS. 



REGULATION G, A.-10. Wherever any association whose membership includes 

 a majority of the local residents using a National Forest, or portion thereof, for 

 like purposes, shall select a committee, an agreement on the part of which shall 

 be binding upon the association, such committee, upon application to the district 

 forester, may be recognized in an advisory capacity on behalf of the association, 

 and shall be entitled to receive notice of proposed action and have an oppor- 

 tunity to be heard by the local Forest officer in reference to any proposed 

 changes likely to materially affect the use or interest in the Forest or portion 

 thereof enjoyed by such permittees. The general principles of recognition and 

 responsibility governing cooperation with live-stock associations are herewith 

 extended, so far as they are applicable, to the other regular lines of business 

 conducted on the National Forests. (Issued July 3, 1913, to take effect July 15, 

 1913.) 



HOW TO REMIT MONEY. 



Forest officers are prohibited from receiving payments for the sale of timber 

 or the use of any forest lands or resources. All such payments must be made 

 to a designated depository of the United States Treasury. The remittance to 

 the depository should be in the form of a draft on New York or a postal or 

 express money order, and must be accompanied by a letter explaining the pur- 

 pose of the remittance. Form letters of transmittal for this purpose will be 

 furnished by Forest officers. 



The designated depositories are as follows : 



District 1, Western Montana National Bank, Missonla, Mont. 



District 2, Denver National Bank, Denver, Colo. 



District 3, First National Bank, Albuquerque. N. Mex. 



District 4, First National Bank, Ogden, Utah. 



District 5, First National Bank, San Francisco, Gal. 



District 6, Lumbermens National Bank, Portland, Oreg. 



