38 THE USE BOOK. 



SPECIAL CONCESSIONS TO INDIANS. 



Special concessions may be made by the Secretary of Agriculture to Indians 

 who are enrolled upon the records of the Office of Indian Affairs and who are 

 dependent upon the National Forest ranges for the pasturage of their stock. 

 Such concessions will not apply to intermarried white persons, except those 

 who have been formally adopted by the tribe and enrolled upon the records of 

 the Indian Office. 



ON-AND-OFF PERMITS. 



REGULATION G-6. Persons owning stock which regularly graze on ranges 

 only partially included within a National Forest, or upon range which includes 

 private land of unknown ownership, may be granted permits for such portions 

 of their stock as the circumstances appear to justify, but may be required so 

 to herd or handle their stock as to prevent trespassing by that portion for 

 which a permit is not granted. (Issued April 25, 1913, to take effect May 

 1, 1913.) 



This regulation is designed solely to provide for cases where only a part of a 

 natural range unit is National Forest land, and where the economical use of the 

 entire unit can be secured only by nie utilization of the Forest laud in connec- 

 tion with the other land. The regulation contemplates a movement of the 

 stock, governed by natural conditions, between the Forest range and the ad- 

 joining outside range, or between Forest land and intermingled private land, 

 and the payment of grazing fees upon that portion of the stock which it is 

 estimated will be grazed upon the Forest. Only under such conditions will an 

 on-and-off permit be granted. 



CONTINUOUS OCCUPANCY DURING SHORT PERIODS. 



Where the use of the Forest land is confined to one continuous period during 

 a part of an established grazing season, the issuance of an on-and-off permit 

 covering a part of the stock would be equivalent to the establishment of a short 

 grazing period by the supervisor, often at a rate below the minimum prescribed 

 by the regulations, and therefore is not allowed. Where occupancy of Forest 

 lands is continuous and not intermittent, the district forester, if he considers 

 such action advisable, will establish short grazing periods, payment to be re- 

 quired for the full number of stock grazed upon Forest laud. 



ON-AND-OFF PRIVATE LANDS. 



Sometimes the ownership of private land within a National Forest is un- 

 known, or the owner does not object to its use without compensation or lease. 

 Frequently a permittee owns or leases private lands comprising more than 50 

 per cent of his range allotment. In such cases permits may be issued for the 

 adjoining range under the provisions of Regulation G-6, and the grazing fees 

 paid only on the stock which will be grazed upon National Forest land, but the 

 permittees must agree to remove all stock in excess of the number covered by 

 the grazing permit, if deprived of the use of the private lands by the owners or 

 lessees thereof. 



PRIVATE GRAZING LANDS WITHIN NATIONAL FORESTS. 



REGULATION G-7. Persons who own, or who have leased from the owners, 

 unfenced lands within any National Forest, which are so situated and of such 

 character that they may be used by other permitted stock to an extent render- 

 ing the exchange advantageous to the Government, may secure permits allowing 

 them to graze upon National Forest land, free of charge, the number of stock 

 which the private lands will support, by waiving the right to the exclusive use 

 of the private land and allowing it to remain open to other stock grazed on 

 National Forest land under permit. 



The application must be accompanied by a personal certificate of title show- 

 ing the description and ownership of the land, and, if leased from an owner, a 



