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to an entire Forest, or to a group of contiguous Forests. Permits for numbers 

 of stock in excess of the maximum limits will be issued only to persons who, 

 during the preceding year, held permits to graze numbers of stock equal to or 

 greater than that for which application is made. The district forester may 

 suspend the maximum limit in special cases. (Issued April 25, 1913, to take 

 effect May 1, 1913.) 



Purpose of protective limits. 



Protective limits are established to protect permittees from reductions in 

 the number of stock which they are allowed to graze under permit to a point 

 where it is too small to be handled at a profit or to contribute adequately to 

 the maintenance of a home. The average number of stock which a settler must 

 graze in order to utilize the products of his farm or derive a reasonable profit 

 will be determined upon each Forest or, if necessary, upon each grazing dis- 

 trict thereof, and will serve as the basis for the protective limit. 



Purpose of maximum limits. 



Maximum limits are established to prevent monopoly of the range and to pre- 

 serve a wide distribution of grazing privileges. No permittee will be allowed to 

 increase the number of stock above this limit. Necessary reductions in permits 

 for more than the maximum limit will be made in accordance with the sliding 

 scale. 



BENEWAL OF PERMITS. 



BEGTTLATION G-17. Grazing permits will be renewed only when the grazing 

 of the class of stock involved is authorized by the Secretary of Agriculture. A 

 permit may be divided in its renewal because of division of stock and ranches 

 betv/een two or more owners or purchasers. Permits for numbers of stock 

 in excess of the established protective limits will he subject to reduction in their 

 renewal, and no division or sale of stock and ranches will exempt such permits 

 from reduction. (Issued April 25, 1913, to take effect May 1, 1913.) 



Chang-e of residence. 



A permittee with an established preference may change his residence to a 

 point more remote from the Forest without disqualifying for a renewal of per- 

 mit, provided he retains his other interests. 



Sale of ranch. 



A permittee having a range preference based on ranch property located in 

 or adjacent to a National Forest may dispose of such ranch property without 

 entirely disqualifying himself for a renewal, but unless he secures similarly 

 located ranch property his classification is changed, and the renewal of the 

 permit will be on the basis of the changed classification. 



Change in class of stock. 



A renewal of permit may be allowed for a class of stock different from that 

 previously granted. It may require relinquishment of one range and accept- 

 ance of another on some other part of the Forest. The ratio of exchange will 

 depend on the demand and the capacity of the ranges in question. 



Partnerships. 



A permittee having an established preference may enter into partnership 

 agreement with another person not a permittee, and secure a renewal of his 

 permit in the name of the partnership, the proportionate interest transferred 

 being subject to the rules governing the renewal of permits to purchasers. 



Partnership ordinarily means joint ownership of the stock and ranches, and 

 the renewal to each member depends upon the division of each that is made. 

 Signed agreements showing this division may be required by the supervisor. 



A renewal on the division of stock and ranches may give a member prefer- 

 ence in the range for a certain number of stock, but it does not define his status 

 or whether he is in Class A, B, or C. 



In the renewal of a permit held by a partnership to the individual members 

 the same reductions will be made on the total number of stock grazed the pre- 

 vious year as would have been made on the original permit, each renewed per- 



