48 OUR NATIONAL FORESTS 



est Service is kept by a man called the Property 

 Auditor. Requisitions for supplies and equipment 

 are made by the Forest Supervisor to the Property 

 Clerk. Government property is considered ex- 

 pendable or non-expendable depending upon its 

 character. Each Forest has a Property Custodian 

 who has charge of all the property assigned to the 

 Forest. When property is received from the 

 Property Clerk or if property is transferred from 

 one forest officer to another, the Property Custo- 

 dian must note the change on his records. 



Blank Forms. The blank forms vphich are sup- 

 plied by the Property Clerk are printed standard 

 forms used in issuing permits, making contracts, 

 reports, examinations, timber sale agreements, in 

 short, those used in almost every business transac- 

 tion of the Forest Service. Even timber estimates, 

 tree measurements, and other similar public records 

 are kept on standard printed forms for permanent 

 uniform record. 



Supplies. Supplies such as stationery, type- 

 writers, pencils, ink, notebooks, paper for map 

 work, compasses, measuring tapes, and a host of 

 other articles are furnished upon requisition by the 

 Property Clerk. Equipment such as fihng cases, 



