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permit and pay the grazing fee as for a larger number, while a 

 settler owning any number of stock will be allowed to graze six 

 head^of milch or work animals without permit and free of charge. 

 Rangers will report the approximate number of stock entitled 

 to graze without permit in each district, in order that the super- 

 visor may consider it in his recommendation for grazing. This 

 class of stock will not be counted against the number which is 

 allowed to graze under permit. 



ALLOTMENT OF PRIVILEGES. 



REG. 46. The Secretary of Agriculture will prescribe 

 each year the number of stock to be allowed in each re- 

 serve. The period during which grazing will be allowed 

 will be determined by the Forester. The supervisor will 

 issue grazing permits in accordance with the instructions 

 of the Forester. 



The grazing season for which permits are issued must not exceed 

 the period authorized, and the total number of stock included 

 in all permits issued must not exceed the number allowed by the 

 Secretary's order. 



The period covered by year-long permits will begin at the 

 opening of the regular .summer grazing season and end on the day 

 previous of the following year. 



Applicants for grazing permits will be given preference in the 

 following order: 



(a) Small near-by owners. 



Persons living in or close to the reserve whose stock have regu- 

 larly grazed upon the reserve range and who are dependent upon 

 its use. 



(h] All other regular occupants of the reserve range. 



After class (a) applicants have been provided for, the larger 

 near-by owners will be considered, but limited to a number 

 which will not exclude regular occupants whose stock belong or 

 are wintered at a greater distance from the reserve. 



(c) Owners of transient stock. 



The owners of stock which belong at a considerable distance 

 from the reserve and have not regularly occupied the reserve 

 range. 



