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requests a further investigation," and sign and return it to the local 

 land office, notifying the Forester of their action. If the proof is 

 taken near a supervisor's headquarters he should endeavor to be 

 present to cross-examine the witnesses; otherwise he need not 

 attend the hearing, unless he deems it especially important, or is 

 directed to attend by the Forester. He will, in all protests and 

 reports which he files in the local land office, give the names and 

 addresses of witnesses by whom the facts can be proved. 



Forest officers will give all possible assistance to special agents 

 of the General Land Office investigating claims in their respective 

 reserves. 



If a forest officer is regularly subpoenaed to attend and testify 

 as a witness for the United States at any hearing, he will obey 

 without question as to his expenses, for which he will be reim- 

 bursed by the Forest Service, but for attendance in a case pending 

 in the courts he should present his claim to the clerk of the court 

 and not charge his expenses to the Forest Service. When sub- 

 poenaed to appear and testify as a witness for any other party he 

 must obey the subpoena, if he receives proper assurance that his 

 fees and mileage will be paid. 



If he can not safely leave his reserve he must ask the local land 

 officers or the attorney to secure a continuance to a date when he 

 can appear. If the continuance is denied he must report the fact 

 of subpoena and the emergency which prevents his obeying it to 

 the Forester, by wire if necessary, and ask for instructions. In no 

 event would he be justified in leaving a fire on the reserve when 

 his presence is necessary to check it. 



II. AGRICULTUKAL. 



Homestead claimants are required to live upon and 

 to cultivate or graze the land embraced in their claims. 

 The Interior Department excuses temporary absences 

 when rendered necessary, but they must be the excep- 

 tion and not the rule, and the land embraced in the en- 

 try must be used for the home of the claimant to the 

 exclusion of a home elsewhere. Lands may not be ap- 

 propriated and patented under the homestead laws if 



