SALE OF TIMBER. 37 



payment has been forwarded to the Special Fiscal 

 Agent, permit cutting and removal. 



(B) Not over $100 worth of dead or living timber 

 (p. 38). 



Application may be made through any forest officer, 

 but the forest supervisor must approve the sale. The 

 only dela} T involved is the time required for an esti- 

 mate and report to the supervisor. Upon the latter's 

 approval and permission, after the forwarding of the 

 advance payment required, cutting may begin. Re- 

 peated class (b) sales to the same purchaser within a 

 short time will not be allowed unless the timber involved 

 has been examined and advertised for sale. 



(C) Over $100 worth of dead or living timber (p. 39). 

 Sales of more than $100 must always be advertised 



and may be approved only by the Forester and such 

 officers as he may designate. The application and ex- 

 amining officer's report, if indorsed by the supervisor, 

 are sent to Washington. Upon the Forester's approval 

 an advertisement for bids is published in the local 

 papers for thirty days, after deposit to cover this ex- 

 pense has been sent by the applicant. If the applicant 

 is the successful bidder, his approved application forms 

 the agreement. His deposits apply upon the first pay- 

 ment, and the supervisor permits cutting at once. If 

 his bid is unsuccessful his deposits are returned. 



KINDS AND METHODS OF SALES. 



REG. 15. All forest rangers, deputy forest rangers, and 

 such other forest officers as the supervisor may designate, 

 with the approval of the Forester, are authorized to sell 

 dead timber in amounts not exceeding $20 in value, and 



