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ber of stock must not be greater than the number the applicant actually 

 owns or intends to purchase or less than the number he intends to graze upon 

 the Forest. Speculation in the use of grazing permits will not be allowed, and 

 permits will be refused or canceled for intentional false statement of the number 

 of stock owned. 



For all purposes of permanent allotment each member or stockholder of a 

 firm or corporation will be considered as holding a permit to graze the full 

 number of stock covered by any and all grazing permits issued to such firm 

 or corporation. The individual permit of a person who acquires an interest 

 in the permit of any firm or corporation will be subject to reduction in its 

 renewal when the combined number of stock covered by all permits in which 

 the person is interested exceeds the maximum limit. (Issued April 25, 1913, 

 to take effect May 1, 1913.) 



Should be complete. 



It is required that every question contained in Forms 298 and 879 shall be 

 answered by the applicant, either affirmatively or negatively, because the in- 

 formation serves as the basis for the apportionment of grazing privileges and 

 constitutes the record maintained by the Forest Service. 



Certified statement. 



When necessary, an applicant may be required to furnish a certified state- 

 ment showing the name, residence, and interest of any other person in the 

 stock covered by his application. The district forester may require firms or 

 corporations to furnish a certified statement of the name and residence of all 

 members and stockholders. 



Partnerships or corporations. 



If the supervisor has reason to believe that a new applicant, or one seeking 

 the renewal of a permit on account of purchase, already holds an interest in 

 a company grazing stock under permit, he may require this information, or may 

 require it if there is a question of preference between two companies or 

 corporations. 



Sworn statement. 



A sworn statement of the essential facts may be required of applicants by a 

 forest supervisor. 



False statements or suppression of material facts. 



If at any time between the first allotment of a grazing privilege and the final 

 closure of the case through the acceptance by the forest supervisor of a waiver 

 of grazing privileges it is discovered that the original allotment of the privilege 

 or its subsequent renewal was secured by willful misrepresentation or the sup- 

 pression of material facts, the permit shall be revoked and the grazing privilege 

 declared forfeited upon the termination of the current grazing period, even 

 though the permitted stock have in the meantime been transferred to a 

 purchaser. 



Knowledge of fraud or defect in permit by purchaser. 



When a purchaser of permitted stock who has applied for a renewal of 

 grazing permit has no direct or indirect knowledge of fraud or fatal defect in 

 the base permit, a clear official record in the case of the original permittee at 

 the time the waiver is accepted will be construed in favor of the purchaser of 

 the stock, and if the new owner has exercised such care and diligence as might 

 be expected of a reasonably prudent man in ascertaining the bona fides of the 

 base permit, any latent defect which may subsequently develop will not be held 

 as invalidating the permit, but will be set aside and the continued enjoyment of 

 the privilege allowed. 



Unintentional misstatement or misrepresentation. 



Unintentional violation of the regulations or terms of the application and 

 permit in the acquirement pr renewal of the privilege will not be construed as 

 fatal to the continued enjoyment of the permit by the original permittee or to 

 the renewal of the privilege to a purchaser otherwise qualified, but the burden 

 of proof as to good intent will rest upon the person committing the breach 

 of regulations or terms of the application and permit, and such person must 

 satisfy the supervisor that the wrongful conduct was entirely unintentional 

 before he will be relieved of responsibility. 



