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that is to be wintered upon the products of the applicant's ranch, and will not 

 be renewed if winter feeding is discontinued. Where the average holding per 

 permit is so low, the admittance of additional permittees is justified only when 

 the new applicants absolutely require limited grazing privileges in order to dis- 

 pose of the products of their ranches which can be marketed only by feeding 

 them to live stock. 



When restricted to one-half of protective limit. 



Upon Forests or parts thereof which are fully occupied by stock but where 

 the average number per permit is above the protective limit none but Class A 

 applicants will receive favorable consideration. The maximum number of 

 stock they will be allowed to graze the first year is one-half of the protective 

 limit number. 



When allowed for full protective limit number. 



Upon Forests or grazing districts that are not fully stocked, bona fide Class 

 A permittees may be granted permits to graze the full protective limit number 

 of stock. If there is surplus range new applicants of Class B, i. e., ranch 

 owners grazing more than the protective limit number of stock, may also be 

 allowed permits up to the protective limit number, provided that the issuance 

 of permits to them will not entail a reduction upon other occupants of the 

 range or debar Class A applicants. 



Temporary allowances. 



If after providing for all qualified applicants of Classes A and B there is 

 still surplus range, temporary permits may be granted to new applicants of 

 Class C. 



GBAZING PERMITS. 



Issuance. 



Upon receipt of notice by the supervisor that the fees have been paid a per- 

 mit will be issued and the original, accompanied by the original letter of trans- 

 mittal, will be sejit to the permittee. 



Permits do not cover private land. 



The permits issued by the Forest Service do not grant authority to graze 

 stock upon any except National Forest lands, and the use of private lands and 

 valid claims must be with the consent of the owner or claimant. 



The Government is not responsible for the intrusion of permitted stock 

 upon private lands. Controversies between the owner of the stock and the 

 owner of the land must be settled in the State courts under the State laws. 



Cancellation or revocation of permit. 



REGULATION G-20. Authority to cancel or revoke grazing permits is dele- 

 gated to Forest officers under the following conditions: Permits may be can- 

 celed by the issuing officer or his successor or official superior upon request or 

 with the consent of the permittee, if such cancellation is not detrimental to the 

 best interests of the Government. Permits may be revoked for breach of the 

 terms of the grazing application or permit or of the rules and regulations, pro- 

 vided that the breach thereof is clearly established after the permittee has 

 been afforded a reasonable opportunity to show cause why the permit should not 

 be revoked, and that the revocation of permit is approved by the district assist- 

 ant to the Solicitor, but they may be revoked only by an official superior of the 

 issuing officer or in the following general order: Forest rangers' permits by the 

 forest supervisor, forest supervisors' permits by the district forester, district 

 foresters' permits by the Forester. (Issued April 25, 1913, to take effect Mav 

 1, 1913.) 



Cancellation requires the consent of the permittee and the surrender of the 

 permit. Reference to the district office is not necessary, unless by some 

 unusual circumstance the permit was authorized or issued by the district 

 forester. 



A permit may be revoked for a violation of its terms without the consent 

 of the permittee or the surrender of the permit. 



The permittee will be advised of the reasons rendering necessary the revoca- 

 tion of a permit, and will be allowed a reasonable time within which to sbow 

 cause why the permit should not be revoked. 



