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without scaling or measurement by a Forest officer. Material may be cut in 

 advance of obtaining a permit in cases of emergency or of great and immediate 

 need. In every instance where a permit has not been obtained in advance under 

 this regulation the person taking material shall promptly thereafter notify the 

 Forest officer in charge of the district from which it is taken, of the date of 

 removal, and of the amount, value, and class of material so taken. Upon receipt 

 of such notification the Forest officer will issue the necessary permit. (Issued 

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

 to take effect April 1, 1913.) 



EMERGENCY USE. 



Material may be taken in advance of securing a permit in cases of emergency 

 or great immediate need, but the amount taken with its location and time of 

 removal, must be reported at once to the nearest Forest officer, who will issue 

 a permit authorizing the cutting. 



SALE OF MATERIAL PROHIBITED. 



REGULATION S-26. Timber or other Forest products received under a free-use 

 permit shall not be sold. (Issued October 31, 1911, to take effect December 

 1, 1911.) 



VALUATION OF MATERIAL. 



The appraisement of free-use material will not be less than for sales in the 

 same localky on the Forest from which the material is to be taken. 



MARKING FREE-USE MATERIAL. 



Forest officers designate the timber to be cut in the simplest and most eco- 

 nomical way practicable. Living timber is marked in accordance with the 

 principles outlined under timber sales. In the case of dead timber the area 

 may be blazed, or defined by natural boundaries, and the class of trees to be 

 taken specified. 



SPECIAL CONDITIONS FOR ALASKA. 



REGULATION S-27. Settlers, farmers, prospectors, fishermen, or similar per- 

 sons residing within or adjacent to National Forests in Alaska, may take, 

 without permit and free of charge, green or dry timber from the Forests, and 

 driftwood, afloat or on the beaches, for their own personal use, but not for 

 sale; provided, that the amount of material so taken shall not in any one year 

 exceed 20,000 feet board measure, or 25 cords of wood; and provided further, 

 that the persons enjoying this privilege will, on demand, forward to the super- 

 visor a statement of the quantity of material so taken and a description of the 

 location from which it was removed. (Issued October 31, 1911; to take effect 

 Dec-ember 1, 1911.) 



