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rait bearing its pro rata share of such reduction. The stockholders of a corpo- 

 ration which has dissolved may be allowed a renewal of permit under the rules 

 governing renewal of permits to purchasers. 



Kenewal to estates. 



In case of the death of a qualified permittee a full renewal of permit will be 

 granted in the name of the estate and the duly appointed administrator until 

 the estate is divided and distributed among the heirs by court decree. Renewal 

 of permit to the heirs will be in accordance with the instructions governing the 

 issuance of permits to purchasers of permitted stock. For exception to this, see 

 under " Heirs to permitted stock," p. 46. 



An estate that has not been divided by court decree will not be considered as 



ring to the heirs or devisees, even though the property may have been 



specifically apportioned by will or by agreement between the interested parties. 



INCBEASES AND REDUCTIONS IN NUMBER OF STOCK. 



Increases above protective limit. 



Increases above the protective limit will be allowed only to purchasers of 

 stock and ranches of permit holders, and any such increase will not exceed the 

 limit, 



Increases by Class A permittees. 



Class A permittees owning a less number of stock than the protective limit 

 will be allowed to increase their number gradually, but may be restricted in the 

 number added each year. Old Class A users may increase at once to the number 

 allowed new applicants. Beyond this number increases will be by fixed per- 

 centages established by grades. On fully stocked Forests the total increase 

 allowed combined with the total number allotted new settlers must not be more 

 than 3 per cent of the allotment except when a surplus in excess of this percent- 

 age is created by the reduction on permits renewed to purchasers. The super- 

 visor will determine the division of the allotment which will be made betweer 

 new settlers and persons whose permits are below the protective limit. 



Increase in long 1 -term, permits. 



Term applications for less than the protective limit may be amended to allow 

 the same annual increase that is allowed annual applicants until the protective 

 limit is readied. 



Reductions. 



Where reductions are necessary, each grazing district will be considered as a 

 unit, and the permittees occupying it will be required to meet any reductions 

 necessary to prevent damage to the district or to provide range for new appli- 

 cants entitled to graze within the district. Reductions will be based upon the 

 number of stock grazed under permit the previous year. When there is unused 

 range on other districts within the Forest, permittees who desire to transfer a 

 part or all of their permitted stock to such range will be given a preference in 

 its use. Class C owners will be excluded before the other classes are reduced. 

 The reduction will be made on the Class B owners. Class A owners will be 

 exempt from reduction. 



Method of applying sliding scale. 



When a sliding-scale reduction figure has been worked out it may be applied 

 in the following manner, varying the percentages to snit the situation : All 

 applicants who do not own improved ranch property or who are nonresident 

 ranch owners and winter their stock upon the adjoining open range, regular 

 users who purchase winter feed for their stock from resident ranch owners, and 

 nonresident ranch owue'rs whose stock is wintered upon the products of their 

 lands will be reduced 75 per cent of the reduction figure. Owners residing upon 

 their improved ranches and wintering their stock upon the products of their 

 lands will be reduced 50 per cent of the reduction figure. 



Reduction in long-term permits. 



All applications for grazing during a term of years, which are approved for 

 more than the protective limit, will be granted, subject to an annual reduction, 

 not exceeding 5 per cent, to provide for the issuance of permits to new settlers 

 within or in the immediate vicinity of the National Forests, and subject to any 

 additional reduction which may be necessary to stop damage to the Forest. 



