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Accounts of Supervisors.
Pay vouchers ..... 75
Payment of laborers ..... 76
Leaves of absence ..... 76, 77
Expenditures ..... 73, 77, 78, 80
Letters of authorization ..... 77, 78
Transportation requests ..... 78
Acts of Congress Cited ..... 99-123
Table of ..... 142
Agricultural Privileges. See Special Occupancy.
Agriculture, Secretary of.
Transfer of forest reserve administration to ..... 10, 82, 105
Authority of, to grant privileges and rights of way ..... 14-16
Regulations of, have the force of law ..... 101, 123-129
Policy of, for administration of reserves ..... 10-11
Advance cutting. See Sale of Timber.
Advertisement. See Sale of Timber.
Applications.
In general ..... 6, 12
See Sale of Timber; Free Use of Timber and Stone; Grazing; Special Occupancy; Rights of Way.
For positions. See Forest Officers.
Appointments. See Forest Officers.
Arrests. See Trespass.
Assistants, Forests. See Forest Officers.
Assistant Forest Inspectors. See Forest Officers.
Assistant Forest Rangers. See Forest Officers.
Attorney-General, Opinions of ..... 125-127, 130-133
Bids. See Sale of Timber.
Black Hills Forest Reserve.
Timber from, must be used in South Dakota ..... 32, 38, 108
Special privileges allowed settlers in ..... 109
Bonds. See Sale of Timber; Sawmills; Special Occupancy.
Boundaries of Forest Reserves.
Establishment and changes of. See Creation of Forest Reserves.
Instructions for marking ..... 72
Buildings.
Must be under permit ..... 59
To secure permits for. See Special Occupancy.

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Cabins.
In general. See Buildings.
Trappers' ..... 82
California.
All timber sales in, must be advertised. See Sale of Timber.
Camping.
Permit for, not required. ..... 102
Regulations must be obeyed ..... 65, 102
Resposibility [sic] for fires ..... 59, 63-69
Canals. See Rights of Way.
Cattle. See Grazing.
Charges for privileges.
Authority for ..... 16, 130-133
See Grazing; Special Occupancy.
Churches. See Special Occupancy.
Civil Action. See Trespass.
Civil Service.
Forest officers in. See Forest Officers.
Claims ..... 13-14, 60
Coal Lands. See Mining.
Complaints against Service ..... 6
Compromises. See Trespass.
Corrals. See Grazing; Special Occupancy.
Correspondence of Forest Officers ..... 80-81
Creation of Forest Reserves.
Authority of President for ..... 93-96, 99
System of Examination and recommendations for ..... 96-97
Crossing Forest Reserves.
Allowed for lawful purposes ..... 102
With stock. See Grazing.
Dams. See Rights of Way.
Damages. See Trespass.
Ditches. See Rights of Way.
Duration of Permits. See Permits.
Deputies of Forest Officers. See Forest Officers.
Deputy Forest Rangers. See Forest Officers.
Deputy Forest Supervisors. See Forest Officers.
Egress and Ingress.
Allowed for lawful purposes ..... 102
Electric Power Plants and Lines. See Rights of Way.
Eliminations from Forest Reserves. See Creation of Forest Reserves.
Equipment, Field and Office ..... 73-74
Estimating Timber. See Sale of Timber.
Examinations, Civil Service. See Forest Officers.
Expenditures. See Accounts of Supervisors.
Export of Timber ..... 32, 38, 108

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Fencing.
Must be under permit ..... 59
To secure permits for. See Special Occupancy; Grazing.
By forest officers. See Improvements, Permanent. [sic]
Fire, Protection against.
Necessity for ..... 63-64
Citizens' fire brigades ..... 64
Regulation against carelessness ..... 59, 65, 66
Fire laws and penalties ..... 67, 101, 121
Camp fires ..... 65
Dangerous slashings ..... 66
Patrol ..... 67-68
How to fight fire ..... 68-69
Forest officers' reports on fire ..... 70, 79
Expenditures for fighting fire ..... 71
Fiscal Agent, Special. See Payments.
Fish, Protection of. See Game, Protection of.
Flumes. See Rights of Way.
Forest Assistants. See Forest Officers.
Forester, The.
Authority of, to enforce regulations and direct Forest Service ..... 3, 10-11, 83
Forest Guards. See Forest Officers.
Forest Inspectors. See Forest Officers.
Forest Officers.
Are in classified civil service ..... 82, 83
Titles, grade and pay ..... 83
Supervisors and rangers must be citizens of State of Territory .... 83, 84, 105
Examinations for positions ..... 84
Qualifications and general duties ..... 11, 12, 84-92
May employ temporary laborers ..... 70, 71, 91, 92
Right to enter lands restricted ...... 92
Power to arrest ..... 60, 61, 122-123
Forest Rangers. See Forest Officers.
Forest Supervisors. See Forest Officers.
Free Use of Timber and Stone.
Classes of consumers entitled to ..... 16-17, 102
Regulations and instructions governing ..... 16-20
For road and trail building ..... 16-20, 53-54
In connection with special occupancy ..... 16-20, 49, 51
For canal and reservoir construction ..... 16-20, 57
For trappers' cabins ..... 16-20, 82
By Reclamation Service ..... 107
Game, Protection of.
Cooperation of forest officers with State authorities ..... 81, 108
Game refuges ..... 82, 122
Trapping for fur ..... 82
Goats. See Grazing.

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Grazing.
Policy with regard to ..... 20-21
Must be under permit ..... 21, 59, 123-129
To whom allowed ..... 22-25
Applications for ..... 23-24
Conditions of permits ..... 25-27
Quarantine requirements ..... 27
Crossing reserves with stock ..... 27-28
Corrals, pastures, and watering places .... 29
Grazing fees ..... 30-31
Wild hay ..... 31
Guards, Forest. See Forest Officers.
Hay, Wild. See Grazing.
History and Objects of Forest Reserves ..... 7-11
Homesteads ..... 13-14, 60
Horses. See Grazing.
Hotels. See Special Occupancy.
Idaho, Export of Timber From, Prohibited ..... 32, 38, 108
Injunction. See Trespass.
Inspectors, Forest. See Forest Officers.
Interior, Secretary of.
Authority to grant rights of way ..... 14, 105
Jurisdiction retained by ..... 14, 105
Irrigation.
Water rights for, are under State jurisdiction ..... 57
Use of reserve lands to carry or store water for. See Rights of Way.
Laborers, temporary. See Forest Officers.
Laws. See Acts of Congress cited.
Leases. See Charges for Privileges; Special Occupancy; Duration of Permits.
Leaves of Absence. See Accounts of Supervisors.
Letters.
Of authorization. See Accounts of Supervisors.
From forest officers. See Correspondence.
Lieu Selections ..... 14, 103, 106
Live Stock. See Grazing.
Locating. See Mining.
Manufacturing Establishments. See Special Occupancy.
Maps of Reserves ..... 80
Marking. See Boundaries of Forest Reserves; Sale of Timber.
Mills. See Special Occupancy; Sawmills.
Mining.
Prospecting and mining not restricted in forest reserves ..... 13, 102
Timber for. See Free Use of Timber and Stone; Sale of Timber.
Coal lands designated as mineral ..... 129
Use of timber on mining claims ..... 60, 129-130
Numbering of Sales. See Sale of Timber.
Oaths Administered by Forest Officers ..... 61
Objects of Forest Reserves. See History and Objects.

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Occupancy Privileges. See Special Occupancy.
Officers, Forest. See Forest Officers.
Pastures.
See Grazing.
For use of forest officers. See Permanent Improvements.
Patents. ..... 13-14
Patrol. See Fire, Protection Against.
Pay of Forest Officers. See Accounts of Supervisors.
Payments.
Must be made to Special Fiscal Agent ..... 6
See Grazing; Sale of Timber; Special Occupancy; Trespass.
Penalties. See Trespass.
Permanent Improvements by Forest Officers ..... 72
Permits.
Use of reserves which require ..... 58-59
To whom applied for ..... 6
Duration of ..... 16
Are not transferable ..... 16
May be charged for ..... 16
Private Holdings ..... 13, 14, 60
Prosecution. See Trespass.
Prospecting. See Mining.
Quarantine of Live Stock. See Grazing.
Railroads. See Rights of Way.
Ranches, Road. See Special Occupancy.
Range, Use of. See Grazing.
Rangers, Forest. See Forest Officers.
Records and Reports of Forest Officers.
In general ..... 78-81
(Detailed instructions for reports on applications, progress of work, fires, etc.,
are interspersed with regulations and information concerning each subject.)
Relinquishments. See Private Holdings.
Renting. See Charges for Privileges; Permits; Special Occupancy.
Reservoirs. See Rights of Way.
Residences, Summer. See Special Occupancy.
Reports. See Records and Reports.
Rights of Way.
In general ..... 14-16
Are under jurisdiction of Secretary of Agriculture, except when granting an easement ..... 14-16
For roads and trails ..... 52-56
For canals, ditches, reservoirs, etc. ..... 56-58
For private railroads, telephone lines, telegraph lines, etc. ..... 58
Rights, Private and State. ..... 13-14
Roads, Wagon.
Repairs by Forest Officers ..... 72
In general. See Rights of Way.

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Sale of Timber.
Laws governing ..... 101-104
Policy concerning, and directions to public ..... 31-33
Authority of officers to sell ..... 34-36
Payments and deposits ..... 36-37
Conditions and bonds ..... 37-38
Advertisements and bids ..... 39
Advance cutting ..... 40
Numbering of sales ..... 40
Examination of timber applied for ..... 40-41
Mapping ..... 41-42
Estimating ..... 42-43
Descriptions and recommendations ..... 43
Preparation of applications ..... 43-46
Marking and cutting ..... 47
Scaling ..... 47-48
Reports of timber cut ..... 48
Sawmills in connection with sales ..... 38, 49-52
Sanitariums ..... 15, 116
See Special Occupancy.
Sawmills.
Must be under permit ..... 59
In general. See Special Occupancy.
Bonded in connection with timber sales ..... 38
Scaling. See Sale of Timber.
Schools.
May be built on forest reserve land. See Special Occupancy.
May receive free timber and stone. See Free Use of Timber and Stone.
School Sections. See Private Holdings.
Secretary of Agriculture. See Agriculture, Secretary of.
Secretary of the Interior. See Interior, Secretary of the.
Settlers.
Rights acquired by settlement ..... 13
May build roads and trails ..... 15, 52-56, 102
May receive free timber and stone ..... 16-20, 102
Given preference in granting of privileges ..... 13, 22
Sheep. See Grazing.
Special Fiscal Agent. See Payments.
Special Investigations ..... 73
Special Occupancy.
Privileges included under ..... 14-15, 39, 130
May be allowed by Secretary of Agriculture ..... 14-16, 101
May be charged for ..... 16, 130
Duration of permits for ..... 16, 130
Applications and permits for ..... 49-52
Regulations governing ..... 49-52
Corrals and Pastures. See Grazing.
Springs, Mineral ..... 116
Stage Stations. See Special Occupancy.

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Steamboats and Ferries ..... 14-16
See Special Occupancy.
Stock, Live. See Grazing.
Stone. See Free Use of Timber and Stone.
Stores. See Special Occupancy.
Suits. See Trespass.
Summer Residences. See Special Occupancy.
Supervisors, Forest. See Forest Officers.
Supplies.
For general reserve use. See Equipment, Field and Office.
For men employed to fight fire. See Fire, Protection Against.
Surveys.
Under Secretary of the Interior ..... 99
May be secured to enable perfection of claims ..... 92-93
Of boundaries by U.S. Geological Survey ..... 92-93
Must be made by applicants for rights of way ..... 54, 57-58
Tanks. See Rights of Way.
Telegraph Lines. See Rights of Way.
Telephone Lines. See Rights of Way.
Temporary Withdrawals. See Withdrawals, Temporary.
Trails.
In general. See Rights of Way.
Construction and repair of, by forest officers ..... 72
Transfer of Forest Reserve Administration from Department of the Interior to Department of Agriculture ..... 10, 82-83, 105
Transportation Requests. See Accounts of Supervisors.
Trapping. See Game, Protection of.
Trespass.
What constitutes ..... 58-60, 101, 117, 123-129
Authority of forest officers to arrest for ..... 60-61, 122
Civil actions and damages ..... 61-63
Injunctions ..... 62
Compromise and settlement ..... 62
Unlawful structures forfeited ..... 63
Tools. See Equipment, Field and Office.
Tunnels. See Rights of Way.
Violations. See Trespass.
Wagon Roads. See Roads, Wagon.
Warnings, fire. See Fire, Protection Against.
Waters. See Irrigation.
Wild Hay. See Grazing.
Withdrawals, Temporary.
Do not indicate final boundaries of proposed reserves ..... 97





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