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WILD HAY. 



REG. 43. Wild grass upon forest reserves may be cut 

 for hay under permits issued by supervisors. A reason- 

 able charge per acre may be made, to be fixed by the 

 supervisor under general instructions from the Forester. 

 Application should be made upon Form 832 to the super- 

 visor, directly or through a ranger, stating the area of the 

 tract desired and the price offered. 



Supervisors anticipating business of this kind should report to 

 the Forester and suggest a price per acre for his approval. Under 

 instruction then received they will issue permits, following the 

 general instructions governing special-privilege cases. They will 

 not permit cutting until they have assurance that the purchase 

 price has been forwarded to the Special Fiscal Agent. 



In issuing permits to cut hay preference should be given those 

 applicants who actually need the hay for their own use rather 

 than to those who contemplate selling it to others. 



HISTORIC AND SCIENTIFIC MONUMENTS. 



All persons are prohibited from appropriating, ex- 

 cavating, injuring, or destroying any historic or pre- 

 historic ruin or monument, or any object of antiquity 

 situated on lands owned or controlled by the Govern- 

 ment of the United States, without the permission of 

 the Secretary who has jurisdiction over the land in- 

 volved. The penal ty is a tine of not more than $500 

 or imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or 

 both. The law provides that the Secretaries of the 

 Interior, Agriculture, and War shall make uniform 

 rules for granting permits when proper for the study, 

 examination, and use of such monuments and antiqui- 

 ties. (Appendix, p. 178.) 



Forest officers should report to the Forester the 

 location and description of all objects of great scientific 



