CLAIMS, SETTLEMENT, SPECIAL USES, WATER POWER. 69 



Special-use permits for the purpose of examining ruins, excavating archaeo- 

 logical sites, or gathering objects of antiquity on National Forest lands may be 

 obtained without charge, but are subject to special rules and regulations. (See 

 National monuments, p. 80.) 



HOTELS' AND DWELLINGS ADJACENT TO MINERAL SPRINGS. 



Areas adjacent to mineral or medicinal springs suitable for the erection 

 thereon of sanitariums, hotels, or temporary dwelling houses may be leased, 

 under the act of February 28, 1899 (30 Stat.. 908), for such periods and upon 

 such terms ;ts to duration and compensation as may be approved by the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture. 



SPECIAL USE ON ADMINISTRATIVE SITES. 



National Forest lands selected for administrative purposes may be used, 

 under special-use permits, as any other National Forest lands, as long as the 

 special use does not prevent or interfere with the administrative use. Pros- 

 pecting which does not interfere with administrative use is allowed without 

 formal permit. 



TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH LINES. 



Special-use permits are necessary for the construction and operation of all 

 telegraph and telephone lines on National Forests, even though they may be 

 built along county" roads. An easement may be obtained, or not, as desired. 

 (See Easements, p. 70.) 



SPECIAL USES ON CLAIMS. 



The owner of an unperfected claim will be required to obtain a permit for 

 any use of tho hind which is not in furtherance of the purposes for which the 

 land was appropriated. Such a case would be the erection of a summer resort 

 on a mining claim. No permit will be granted another person to occupy any 

 part of any unabandoned claim until the consent of the claimant to such use 

 is obtained. In both cases the permit will be conditioned on the payment of 

 the charges fixed by Regulation L-33 fp. 66). 



PERMITS ON FOREST HOMESTEADS. 



All persons who settled on agricultural lands in National Forests before 

 January 1. 1906. and have not abandoned their claims, may, if qualified, perfect 

 title under the Forest homestead act. and in the meantime may occupy and 

 enjoy their holdings without permit. Other applicants under the act. who ap- 

 pear to have the preference right of entry under that act, may be issued per- 

 mits without charge for the agricultural use of so much of the land applied 

 for as, in the opinion of the supervisor, is chiefly valuable for agriculture, pro- 

 vided that the land is not adversely claimed under settlement made before its 

 withdrawal, or after its withdrawal and before January 1, 1906. 



DRIFT FENCES. 



Drift or division fences may be allowed under permit when they will facili- 

 tate National Forest administration, and will not interfere with the full use of 

 the range by all who are equitably entitled to it. 



Free use of materials. 



Whenever drift fences are needed for the better control of stock grazed under 

 permit, all forest material needed for use in their construction may be fur- 

 nished from the National Forest free of charge, and in cases where the cir- 

 cumstances justify it the necessary wire and staples may also be furnished, 

 if the stockmen using the range are willing to construct such fences with the 

 understanding that they will become the property of the United States. 



