100 FOREST PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION 
In any case where a crew member, or other person working 
under the direction of the foreman, is so discharged, and considers 
such action by the foreman unjust, the matter may be referred by 
the discharged employee to the supervisor for final settlement. 
5. Where any tools or instruments are issued to field men, they 
will be required to sign a receipt for same, and will be held respon- 
sible for the return of such tools in good condition, reasonable wear 
and tear excepted. In case tools or instruments are lost or damaged 
through carelessness, the person so responsible will be charged the 
actual cost. 
All codperative employees (whether under Federal appointment 
or not) shall carry with them at all times a card issued by the State 
WASTE IN LUMBERING. 
Logs left to rot on the yard. 
Photo by Maine Forestry De, _ 
Codperator authorizing them to enter on private property in per- 
formance of duty, and destroy such pines and Ribes as may be 
directed by the State Codperator. No employee shall represent 
himself as destroying pines or Ribes under Federal authority since 
under the Constitution of the United States, this is a power which 
can be exercised only by the State. 
When employed on any public or private property, no field man 
shall remove or destroy any cultivated Ribes until someone in 
authority has explained the nature of the disease, and has obtained 
