waived only in cases where the amount involved in the sale is of $100 

 stumpage value, or less 



7. Bids on this timber will then be in order. These bids, together 

 with a deposit (insuring the good faith of the bidder), should be sent 

 by the bidders to the receiver of the local land office, and the bid will 

 be forwarded from that office to the Department. 



8. At the end of thirty days (sixty days in California), the timber will 

 be awarded to the highest bidder ; and if the applicant is the successful 

 bidder, the deposit is credited on the sale ; if not, the money will be 

 refunded. 



9. When the timber is awarded the applicant will sign a contract 

 containing the specifications contained jn the original application, as to 

 manner of cutting, scaling and cleaning up, etc., and, if the case seems 

 to justify it, he will be asked to give a bond, usually in an amount 

 double the value of the timber, to secure the proper fulfillment of the 

 contract. 



10. Cutting may then begin. 



11. The material will be skidded or piled in the customary manner, 

 and the purchaser is required to mark the tops of the logs to facilitate 

 scaling. 



12. The scaling will be done in the customary way by the old Scrib- 

 ner rulCj Ifyl which the contents of a 16-foot log are as follows : 



This rule applies to saw timber and mining timber. Logs of 24 feet 

 and over in length are scaled at more than one point ; so that a log 24 

 feet long, for instance, is scaled at 16 feet and at the top. In other 

 words, long pieces are treated as 16-foot logs and fractions thereof. 



Square-hewed goods are measured like sawed timber, as solid pieces. 

 Thus, an 8 by 12 inch 16-foot timber contains 128 feet board measure. 



