36 BULLETIN 950, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



rendered on the area embraced in this agreement or on adjacent 

 areas within one mile, payment for such services shall be made 

 at rates to be determined by the Forest officer in charge, which 

 rates shall be not less than the current rates of pay prevailing in 

 the said National Forest for services of a similar character : Pro- 

 vided, That the maximum expenditure for fire fighting without 

 remuneration in any one calendar year, at rates of pay deter- 

 mined as above, shall not exceed $10,000, including the furnishing 

 of special trains or other special service as required ; and further 

 provided that if the purchaser, his employees, contractors, or em- 

 ployees of contractors are directly or indirectly responsible for the 

 origin of the fire, no payment shall be made for services so ren- 

 dered, nor shall the cost of such services be included in determin- 

 ing said maximum expenditure for any calendar year. 



It is further agreed that except in serious emergencies as de- 

 termined by the Forest supervisor the purchaser shall not be re- 

 quired to furnish more than 100 men for fighting fire outside of the 

 area above specified, and that any employees furnished shall be 

 relieved from fire fighting on such outside areas as soon as it is 

 practicable for the Forest supervisor to obtain other labor adequate 

 for the protection of the National Forest. 



Sec. 23. If required by the Forest supervisor in writing, all 

 donkey engines or other steam-power engines shall, during the 

 period from June 1 to October 1 of each year, burn oil, or shall be 

 ers spark arrest " equipped with spark arresters acceptable to the Forest officer in 

 charge, six (6) 12-quart pails, six (6) shovels, and a constant 

 supply of not less than the equivalent of twelve (12) barrels of 

 ment. * * eqmp " water, this equipment to be suitable for fire-fighting purposes, and 

 kept in serviceable condition. 



Sec. 24. During the period from June 1 to October 1 of each 

 B u r n i n g of year, no refuse, brush, slash, or debris shall be burned without 



retuse. ' ' 



the written consent of the Forest officer in charge. 



Sec. 25. Officers of the Forest Service, fire fighters, and other 

 onTogging r road s nre S ular and temporary employees shall be transported free of 

 charge over logging roads operated in connection with this sale 

 not common carriers, and shall be permitted to ride upon logging 

 trains and engines or to operate speeders when traveling upon 

 official business. Forest officers and other employees riding on 

 logging trains, engines, or speeders shall do so at their own risk, 

 and the owner of the railroad expressly reserves the right to enter 

 into an agreement with such persons before entering upon said 

 trains or engines, or before operating a speeder, releasing the said 

 owner from liability for any injury sustained by them in riding on 

 said trains, engines, or speeders, arising from any cause whatso- 

 ever. In emergencies arising from forest fires, special trains 

 .shall be furnished to officers and employees of the Forest Service. 



OCCUPANCY. 



Logging, im- ^ EC 26. The purchaser is authorized to build on National For- 



provements. r 



est land, sawmills, camps, railroads, roads, and other improve- 

 ments necessary in the logging or the manufacturing of the tim- 

 ber Included in this agreemnt : Provided, That all such structures 



