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efficiency of the free-use administration. Free use may reasonably be refused 

 where the final cost to the permittees fe as great as if the material were pur- 

 chased, whether or not agents are employed to obtain the material. Free use 

 of timber from allied invalid claims may be granted for fuel when pending 

 the final determination of title to the claims. 



AMOUNT OF MATERIAL Gil AN TED IX OXE YEAR. 



REGULATION S-22. The aggregate amount of material granted under permit 

 in one year will not exceed $20 in value except in cases of great and unusual 

 need, or in the case of dead timber where the supply is ample and the removal 

 of the restriction as to amount may be advisable for administrative reasons, 

 or in the case of school and road districts, churches, and noncommercial co- 

 operative organizations of settlers, when the supervisor may, in his discretion, 

 extend the amount to any value not exceeding $100, or the value naoned in his 

 authorization from the district forester. If the permittee fails to remove tim- 

 ber within the time allowed, the Forest officer may grant the timber to another 

 applicant. The time allowed in permits may be extended by the officer issuing 

 them. (Issued October 31, 1911, to take effect December 1, 1911; as amended 

 March 23, 1013, to take effect April 1, 1913.) 



KIND OF MATERIAL TAKEN. 



REGULATION S-23. Green saw timber will not be granted to any applicant 

 who does not do his own logging, unless he is physically incapacitated. Ex- 

 ceptions, however, may be made in unusual cases in the judgment of the super- 

 visor. All free-use material may be sawed and all except green timber may be 

 cut for the permittees by an agent, but the work so done must not be paid for 

 by a share of the material. On Forests where a limited supply or other condi- 

 tions justify it, the free use of green timber of any class or of dead saw timber 

 may be refused. (Issued October 31, 1911. to take effect December 1, 1911: as 

 amended March 28. 1013, to take effect April 1, 1913.) 



The free-use privilege will be restricted as far as possible to diseased, defec- 

 tive, dying, and dead and down timber. Green timber, however, may be ob- 

 tained except as provided for in the regulation or in the supervisor's instruc- 

 tions, when it is necessary for the particular needs of the applicant. 



The duration of permits, which will not exceed the time necessary to remove 

 the material, will be fixed by the issuing officer, but all permits must terminate 

 on or before June 30 of each year. 



FKEE USE WITHOUT PERMIT. 



REGULATION S-24. Necessary cutting of timber in surveying for lawful 

 projects may be done without permit. Unnecessary cutting is prohibited. The 

 small quantities of material actually needed by transients may be taken without 

 a written permit. 



Supervisors may, with the approval of the district foresters, designate and 

 post each fiscal year as temporary free-use areas portions of any National 

 Forest containing dead timber, and during the fiscal year designated, bona fide 

 settlers, miners, residents, and prospectors for minerals may cut and remove 

 from within the limits of such areas, free of charge and without permit, under 

 such rules as may be prescribed by Forest officers, any dead timber in quan- 

 tities which they may need for their own use for firewood, fencing, buildings, 

 mining, prospecting, and other domestic purposes, but no timber may be taken 

 under this regulation for sale to other persons or for commercial use. (Issued 

 October 31, 1911, to take effect December 1, 1911 ; as amended March 28, 1913, 

 to take effect April 1, 1913.) 



The small amount of material actually needed by transients may be taken, 

 and necessary cutting of timber in surveying for lawful projects may be done 

 without a permit. No unnecessary cutting is permitted. Permits are not re- 

 quired for dead timber from areas designated and posted by Forest officers 

 in accordance with the provision of Regulation S-24. In all other cases per- 

 mits are required. 



FREE USE WITHOUT MEASUREMENT. 



REGULATION S-25. The district foresters may authorize supervisors to per- 

 mit, on any Forest or part of a Forest, the removal of specific classes of material 



