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4. Require as a condition of each permit that the owner use every 

 effort to prevent and to extinguish fires on his tract, and report in full 

 the cause, extent, and other circumstances connected with each fire. 



5. Eeserve the right to terminate a permit immediately if convinced 

 that an owner is not showing good faith in the protection of the forests. 



6. In the allotment of tracts secure the cooperation of the wool- 

 growers' association of Crook, Sherman, and Wasco counties through 

 a commission of three stockmen, who shall receive written applications 

 for range, adjudicate them, and make recommendations, these recom- 

 mendations to be reviewed by the forest officer and finally passed upon 

 by the Secretary of the Interior. » 



7. Ask the county associations to bear the expenses of the commission. 



8. Charge the cost of administration of the system to the owners in 

 the form of fees for the permits. 



9. If the woolgrowers decline toacceptand tocooperateintheproposed 

 system, exclude sheep absolutely from the reserve. 



10. If after five years' trial of the system forest fires continue unchecked, 

 excl ide sheep thereafter from the reserve. 



