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of advertisement of sale at rates of value approved by him and sub- 

 ject 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 appli- 

 cants, at a fair appraisement, timber, cord wood and other forest 

 products, not exceeding in value five hundred dollars : And provided 

 further, That in cases in which advertisement is had and no satis- 

 factory bid is received, or in cases in which the bidder fails to com- 

 plete the purchase, the timber may be sold, without advertisement, at 

 private sale, in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, 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 Secretary of Agriculture, not 

 interested in the purchase or removal of such timber nor in the em- 

 ployment of the purchaser thereof. Such supervisor shall make 

 report in writing of his doings in the premises. (See sec. 3, act of 

 June 9, 1930 (46 Stat. 527; sec. 576-b, title 16, U. S. Code.) 



Sale of timber at cost. 



Act of August 10, 1912 (37 Stat. 287) ; sec. 489, title 16, U. S. C. 



The Secretary of Agriculture, under such rules and regulations as 

 he shall establish, is authorized and directed to sell at actual cost, 

 to homestead settlers and farmers, for their domestic use, the mature, 

 dead, and down timber in national forests, but it is not the intention 

 of this provision to restrict the authority of the Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture to permit the free use of timber as provided in section 477, 

 U. S. Code, 



Free use of timber. 



Sec. 477, title 16, U. S. C. 



The Secretary of Agriculture may permit, under regulations to be 

 prescribed by him, the use of timber and stone found upon national 

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

 prospectors for minerals, for fire wood, fencing, building, mining, 

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

 persons for such purposes. (Modified by sec. 616, title 16, U. S. 

 Code.) 



Exportation of timber. 



Act of April 12, 1926 (44 Stat. 242) ; sec. 616, title 16, U S. C. 



Timber lawfully cut on any national forest, or on the public lands 

 in Alaska, may be exported from the State or Territory where grown 

 if, in the judgment of the Secretary of the department administering 

 the national forests, or the public lands in Alaska, the supply of 

 timber for local use will not be endangered thereby, and the respec- 

 tive Secretaries concerned are hereby authorized to issue rules and 

 regulations to carry out the purposes of this act. 



