FREE USE OF TIMBER AND STONE. 33 



REG. 11. Except in cases of great and unusual need, no 

 applicant will be given more than two free-use permits 

 in one year, nor may the aggregate amount of material 

 granted in the two permits exceed $20 in value, except in 

 the case of schools or road districts, churches, and non- 

 commercial cooperative organizations, when the super- 

 visor may, in his discretion, extend the amount to any 

 value not exceeding $100. The duration of any permit 

 will be fixed by the issuing officer, and will not exceed 

 six months. If the permittee fails to remove timber 

 within the time stated in the permit, the forest officer 

 may grant the timber to another applicant. A permit 

 will not be renewed to an applicant who has not availed 

 himself of the privilege until the tract has been open to- 

 application by others for thirty days. In cases of unusual 

 emergency, however, it may be extended by the super- 

 visor, or, if for $20 or less, by a ranger authorized to 

 grant free use. 



The object of limiting the number of permits to two in one year 

 is to overcome the possibility of having otherwise to issue permits 

 at any and every time it may occur to an applicant that he would 

 like to procure timber, when by a little forethought and calcula- 

 tion he could probably supply his needs by two applications 

 within the year. 



REG. 12. All supervisors, all forest rangers and deputy 

 forest rangers, and such other forest officers as the super- 

 visor may designate, are authorized to grant or refuse 

 free-use permits up to $20 in value under these regula- 

 tions, and to make such restrictions as to quality, amount, 

 location, and removal as they deem necessary to protect 

 the reserves. It is their duty to furnish cheerful assist- 

 ance to applicants, to act promptly upon all applications, 



3293706 3 ' 



