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residence, to a deduction of the period covered by the relin- 

 quished entry. 



Where final certificate or patent has issued, it will be nec- 

 essary for the entryman or owner thereunder to execute a 

 quitclaim deed to the United States, have the same recorded 

 on the county records, and furnish an abstract of title, dul}^ 

 authenticated, showing chain of title from the Government 

 back again to the United States. The abstract of title should 

 accompany the application for change of entry, which must 

 be filed, without the afiidavit therein called for. 



In case a settler on an unsurveyed tract within a forest reser- 

 vation desires to make a change of settlement to land outside 

 of the reservation and receive credit for previous residence, 

 he should file his application, including the affidavit as to resi- 

 dence therein required, and describing his unsurveyed claim 

 with sufficient accuracy to enable the local land officers to 

 approximately determine its location. 



All applications for change of entry or settlement must be 

 fowarded by the local officers to the Commissioner of the Gen- 

 eral Land Office for consideration, together with report as to 

 the status of the tract applied for. 



Where land has been relinquished to the Government, the 

 supervisor will be informed as soon as the transaction is com- 

 pleted by the acceptance of the quitclaim deed or its equivalent 

 on the part of the Government. 



The supervisors will make diligent effort to ascertain the 

 status of all lands within their reserves, and record the same 

 in their books, so that a complete report may be made on this 

 subject at any time. 



This record should also be shown on one of their maps. 



RESTRICTIONS AND PENALTIES. 

 FIRES IN FOREST RESERVES. 



The law of 1900 says— 



That any person who shall willfully or maliciously set on fire, or cause 

 to be set on fire, any timber, underbrush, or grass upon the public domain, 

 or shall leave or sufier fire to burn unattended near any timber or other 

 inflammable material, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 

 conviction thereof in any district court of the United States having juris- 

 diction of the same shall be fined in a sum not more than five thousand 

 dollars or be imprisoned for a term of not more than two years, or both. 



