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respectively, but not for export therefrom. (Export permitted by- 

 later acts ififra.) 



[Before such sale shall take place, notice thereof shall be given 

 * * * for not less than thirty days, by publication in one or more 

 newspapers of general circulation, as he may deem necessary, in the 

 State or Territory where such reservation exists : Provided, however, 

 That in cases of unusual emergency the Secretary of the Interior 

 may, in the exercise of his discretion, permit the purchase of timber 

 and cord wood in advance of advertisement of sale at rates of value 

 approved by him and subject to payment of the full amount of the 

 highest bid resulting from the usual advertisement of sale : Provided 

 further, That he may, in his discretion, sell without advertisement, in 

 quantities to suit applicants, at a fair appraisement, timber and cord 

 wood not exceeding in value one hundred dollars stump age: And 

 provided further. That in cases in which advertisement is had and no 

 satisfactory bid is received, or in cases in which the bidder fails to 

 complete the purchase, the timber may be sold, without further 

 advertisement, at private Sale, in the discretion of the Secretary of 

 the Interior, at not less than the appraised valuation, in quantities 

 to suit purchasers :] * * * Such timber before being sold, shall be 

 marked and designated, and shall be cut and removed under the 

 supervision of some person appointed for that purpose by the Secre- 

 tary of the Interior, not interested in the purchase or removal of such 

 timber nor in the employment of the purchaser thereof. Such super- 

 visor shall make report in writing * * * of his doings in the 

 premises. 



(The matter in brackets in the above section is taken bodily from the act of 

 June 6, 1900 (31 Stat., 661), and, since the passage of the agricultural appro- 

 priation act of June 30, 1906 (34 Stat., 669), is the timber sale law for all 

 National Forests, except as modified by the act of Feb. 1, 1905 (33 Stat., 628), 

 transferring the jurisdiction of the National Forests to the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture.) As to sale of timber to settlers and farmers at cost, see infra, p. 97. 



Free-use permits. 



The Secretary of the Interior may permit, under regulations to be 

 prescribed by him, the use of timber and stone found upon such reser- 

 vations, free of charge, by bona fide settlers, miners, residents, and 

 prospectors for minerals, for firewood, fencing, buildings, mining, 

 prospecting, and other domestic purposes, as may be needed by such 

 persons for such purposes \ such timber to be used within the State or 

 Territory, respectively, where such reservations may be located. 



Ingress and egress of settlers. 



Nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting the egress or 

 ingress of actual settlers residing within the boundaries of such 

 reservations, or from crossing the same to and from their property or 

 homes ; and such wagon roads and other improvements may be con- 

 structed thereon as may be necessary to reach their homes and to 

 utilize their property under such rules and regulations as may be 

 prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. 

 Prospecting and location of mining claims. 



Nor shall anything herein prohibit any person from entering upon 

 such forest reservations for all proper and lawful purposes, includ- 



