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the event that the timber is awarded to me as the successful 

 bidder 1 promise to pay to the said receiver the amount cov- 

 ered by my bid. [Here insert the condition of payment, 

 whether full cash payment or one-third down and the balance 

 in thirty, sixty, and ninety days, as the case may be.] Cash 

 in advance, at price of: $'2.50 per M. ft. B. M. for timber; 

 30 cents pel' cord for cordwood of all hinds; credit being given 

 for the sums heretofore deposited with the said receiver by 

 me in connection with this sale and purchase; which, other- 

 wise, will be refunded to me. 



And I further agree and promise to conduct the work of 

 cutting and removing said timber in accordance with the fol- 

 lowing specifications: 



1. I will comply strictly with the laws and the regulations 

 governing forest reserves. 



2. Submit all timber and wood to measurement by the for- 

 est oiEcer before the same is removed. 



3. Pay in advance for all timber before cutting the same. 



4. To cut only timber on the area agreed upon and blazed 

 and marked, and not to cut any of the live trees bounding 

 this area. 



5. To leave no logs, ties, lagging, or other material in the 

 woods, and to pay double the agreed price for any material 

 thus left in the woods. 



6; To pay for all material used in shanties or buildings of 

 any kind; also for material used in the construction of skid- 

 ways, corduroy, log roads, bridges, and other improvements. 



7. To cut only marked timber, and to cut all marked timber. 



8. To leave no trees lodged in process of felling. 



9. That all material is marked on skidway or in pile, the 

 amount to be placed in plain figures at top or on blaze near 

 by, and that no material will be piled on such skidway or pile 

 after the scaling has been finished. 



10. All felling and cutting with saw, except firewood. 



11. Stumps high; none higher than 18 inches. 



12. Shaft of tree to be used to diameter of 6 inches, . 



13. Cordwood to be cut from all tops down to a diameter of 

 3 inches. 



14. Tops to be dragged bodil}"^ into openings ready for 

 burning. See 15. 



15. Tops to be lopped and brush piled 07i entire area. 



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