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ester will assure himself that the proposed improvement is actually necessary 

 for the proper management of the stock, will be generally beneficial to the 

 majority of the permittees, and will be substantially and economically con- 

 structed. 



DETERMINATION OF INITIAL PRO KATA CHARGE. 



Upon the completion of the improvement the association will submit an item- 

 ized statement of the costs of construction, which will be checked and verified 

 by the supervisor, who will withhold his approval from any expenditure which 

 :ippoars to be extravagant or unnecessary. 



The number of stock, exclusive of those exempt from permit, which may be 

 grazed upon the area described in the special-use agreement will be deter- 

 mined by the supervisor. 



The approved total cost of construction will be divided by the total number of 

 permitted stock to be grazed upon the range, which will give the proportionate 

 cost per head of stock. This will be the initial pro rata charge. A reduction 

 of one-tenth of the initial charge will be made during each of the nine succeed- 

 ing years, and after the tenth year the improvement will become the property 

 of the Government. 



PRO RATA CHARGE UPON ADDITIONAL STOCK UNDER PERMIT. 



Permittees who are allowed to increase* the number of stock under permit 

 will be required to pay the prevailing pro rata charge upon all additional 

 stock placed upon the range unless the stock are purchased from a permittee 

 who has paid the pro rata charge and has signed an agreement waiving all 

 claims to preference in the use of the range. 



PRO RATA CHARGE PAID BY NEW OWNERS. 



When Class A owners are provided for by the reduction of permits of old 

 users on areas which are fully occupied, the amount received for the pro rata 

 charge of the new users may be used by the association, either for maintenance 

 of the improvements or for a proportionate refund to the permittees who have 

 been reduced. 



TO WHOM PRO RATA CHARGE SHOULD BE PAID. 



Forest officers must not receive payments to cover the cost of permanent irn- 

 juwements, maintain the permanent improvement accounts of an association, 

 or assume official responsibility for the costs of constructing or maintaining an 

 improvement. These are the functions of the association to which the special- 

 use agreement has been issued. 



RANGE IMPROVEMENT UNDER SPECIAL-USE PERMITS. 



Drift fences, corrals, and stock tanks may be constructed, and pastures 

 inclosed, on National Forest ranges under special-use permits, the details in 

 regard to which are given on pages 00 and 70. 



PERMIT NECESSARY TO GRAZE STOCK. 



REGULATION G-5. All persons must secure permits before grazing any stock 

 in a National Forest, except for the few head in actual use by prospectors, 

 campers, and travelers, or saddle, pack, and work animals actually used in 

 connection with permitted operations on the National Forests, and milch or 

 work animals not exceeding a total of 10 head owned and in use by bona fide 

 settlers residing in or near a National Forest, which requires no permit. (Issued 

 April 25, 1913, to take effect May 1, 1913.) 



STOCK EXEMPT FROM PERMIT. 



Xo stock may be grazed without a permit, except niilch or work animals 

 which are in actual use. A settler owning only 10 bend or less of stock which 

 are neither milch nor work animals will be required to apply for permit and 

 pay the grazing feas. while a settler owning any number of stock will be al- 

 lowed to graze 10 head of milch or work animals without permit and free of 

 charge. 



A saddle horse not in use and turned out to graze during any entire estab- 

 lished season should be covered by permit. In cases where transportation com- 

 panies are grazing large numbers of horses which are used in transporting 

 travelers within National Forests, the stock must be covered by permit. 



