The Use Book: A Manual of the National Forest, L9l5U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1915 - 160 pages |
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acres act of June administration advertisement agreement allotment allowed amount animals applicant approved authorized bids canceled cattle cent charge claim class of stock construction contract cooperation damage decision district forester entry established February 28 filed fire forest officer Forest range Forest Service forest supervisor fully stocked Government granted grazed under permit grazing fees grazing permits grazing privileges homestead homestead act improved ranch property June 11 lambing grounds live stock logging material maximum limit National Forest lands necessary number of stock original permit owners payment period permitted stock permittee persons private lands protective limit number public lands purchasers of permitted purposes ranger rates reasonable reduction refunded regulations renewal of permit residence Secretary of Agriculture settlers sheep special-use permit specific Stat stock and ranches stock grazed stumpage surplus range temporary permits timber cut timber sales tion total number trespass United unless users violation
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Page 130 - That any person who shall appropriate, excavate, injure, or destroy any historic or prehistoric ruin or monument, or any object of antiquity, situated on lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States, without the permission of the Secretary of the Department of the Government having jurisdiction over the lands on which said antiquities are situated, shall, upon conviction, be fined...
Page 64 - States, or upon any lands covered by or embraced in any unperfected settlement, application, filing, entry, selection, or location, made under any law of the United States, for the purpose of obtaining from such tree any pitch, turpentine, or other substance, or...
Page 8 - No national forest shall be established, except to improve and protect the forest within the boundaries, or for the purpose of securing favorable conditions of water flows, and to furnish a continuous supply of timber for the use and necessities of citizens of the United States...
Page 8 - No public forest reservation shall be established, except to improve and protect the forest within the reservation, or for the purpose of securing favorable conditions of water flows, and to furnish a continuous supply of timber for the use and necessities of citizens of the United States...
Page 20 - ... (b) Building a camp fire in leaves, rotten wood, or other places where it is likely to spread...
Page 122 - Be It enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and empowered, under general regulations to be fixed by him...
Page 10 - Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or the property belonging to the United States.
Page 11 - In the management of each reserve local questions will be decided upon local grounds; the dominant industry will be considered first, but with as little restriction to minor industries as may be possible; sudden changes in industrial conditions will be avoided by gradual adjustment after due notice, and where conflicting interests must be reconciled the question will always be decided from the standpoint of the greatest good of the greatest number in the long run,
Page 8 - That the President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations, and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof.
Page 36 - Before any timber is advertised or sold it shall be examined and appraised and the cutting area described by legal subdivisions or otherwise. The examining officer shall report the quantity and appraised value of the various kinds of timber on the area and shall base his appraisal upon the character of the timber, the cost of logging, transportation, and manufacture, the investment required, the degree of hazard entailed in the operation, and the sale value of the manufactured products at practicable...