56 THE USE BOOK. 



BONDS. 



REGULATION G-21. Whenever it is necessary for the protection of a Na- 

 tional Forest, or of the interests dependent upon it, the supervisor may require 

 the owners of transient stock or nonresidents of the State or Territory in which 

 the National Forest is located or persons who have persistently violated the 

 regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture to give good and sufficient bond to 

 insure payment for all damage sustained by the Government through violation 

 of the regulations or the terms of the permit. (Issued April 25, 1913, to take 

 effect May 1, 1913.) 



SETTLEMENT OF CONTROVERSIES. 



REGULATION G-22. Whenever there is a dispute between grazing applicants 

 for the same area the supervisor will notify them to appear before him at a 

 stated time and place to make a statement of their claims. After all evidence 

 has been presented the supervisor will decide who shall be granted permits and 

 will forthwith notify each party to the dispute of his decision and his reasons 

 therefor, which will be final unless written notice of appeal to the district 

 forester is given within 10 days thereafter. Upon filing such notice 20 days 

 will be allowed for preparation of the case for presentation to the district 

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



An appeal to the district forester should be prepared ill accordance with 

 the instructions governing the preparation of appeals, and should be filed in 

 duplicate with the supervisor. Pending decision, the party occupying the 

 range will be allowed to continue its use, but must remove "his stock within 

 10 days after receiving notice that the district forester has decided against 

 him, unless an appeal is. taken to the Forester or the Secretary of Agriculture. 

 In case of such an appeal the person in possession of the range will be allowed 

 to continue its use until a final decision has been rendered. 



APPEALS. 



REGULATION G-23. The disapproval of an application for grazing privileges, 

 the denial of an increase or the requirement of a reduction in the number of 

 stock covered by a permit in its renewal, or the disapproval of a request for a 

 certain range allotment by the supervisor shall be considered final unless writ- 

 ten request for a reconsideration of the case is filed with the supervisor within 

 10 days from the date of the receipt of his decision. The decision of the super- 

 visor, after a reconsideration of the case, shall be considered final unless written 

 notice of appeal to the district forester is filed with the supervisor within 10 

 days from the receipt of his decision. The decision of the district forester under 

 this or the foregoing regulation shall be considered final unless written notice 

 of appeal to the Forester is filed with the district forester within 10 days from 

 the receipt of his decision. Appeal may also be taken to the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture from adverse decisions of the Forester and must be presented to the 

 Secretary of Agriculture within 30 days from notice of the decision of the 

 Forester. Appeal under this or the foregoing regulation to the district forester, 

 the Forester, or the Secretary of Agriculture will avail only when it is shown 

 by the evidence submitted that the decision is not warranted by the facts or is 

 contrary to the grazing regulations or the instructions covering the allotment 

 of grazing privileges. (Issued April 25, 1913, to take effect May 1, 1913.) 



Upon receipt of request for a reconsideration of a case, the supervisor will 

 furnish the applicant with a copy of the grazing regulations and of the instruc- 

 tions upon which he based his decision, upon receipt of which the applicant 

 will prepare his formal statement in writing, verify it by oath, and accompany 

 it by affidavits of available witnesses. 



When all the evidence in the case has been filed by the applicant with the 

 supervisor, the latter will examine the record carefully, and if evidence upon 

 material points is lacking he will notify the applicant of the omission and 

 advise him that he will be given 10 days additional in which to submit the 

 missing evidence. Within 10 days from the date of the filing of the completed 

 record tbe supervisor will prepare a formal decision, discussing each point of 

 the applicant's statement, and stating clearly the regulations and reasons upon 

 which his decision is based. 



