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or historic interest which they find upon forest re- 

 serves, and should prevent all persons from injuring 

 these objects without permission from the Secretary 

 of Agriculture. After the Secretary of Agriculture 

 has determined any monument or object of historic or 

 prehistoric interest, or after the President has pro- 

 claimed "historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric 

 structures, and other objects of historic or scientific 

 interest," upon a forest reserve, to be national monu- 

 ments, forest officers may arrest unpermitted persons 

 who are found appropriating, excavating, injuring, or 

 destroying any such objects. (Appendix, p. 178.) 



II. UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE 

 INTERIOR. 



REG. 44. Whenever a right of way under the jurisdic- 

 tion of the Secretary of the Interior is located upon a for- 

 est reserve, the Forester may, in his discretion, before 

 making recommendation that it be granted, require the 

 applicant to execute such stipulation and bond as he may 

 deem necessary for the protection^ forest reserve inter- 

 ests. (Appendix, p. 195.) 



Such stipulations may include clearing right of way; 

 disposal of refuse; payment, under timber settlement 

 regulations, for all merchantable timber cut or de- 

 stroyed; necessary precautions against fires by the use 

 of oil as fuel, etc.; and any other conditions needed to 

 protect forest reserve interests. 



Applications for rights of way under the jurisdiction 

 of the Secretary of the Interior must be filed in the 

 local land office. Forest officers must not receive or 



