cases. These will be furnished with indexes identical with those in the drawers. When a correspondence drawer becomes so full as to be inconvenient for handling, the entire contents, including the index, will, by means of the metal attachment, be removed bodily from the drawer and placed in a transfer case, from which the empty index has first been removed in a similar manner. The empty index will be inserted in the drawer, which will then be ready for continued use. These transfer cases will also be numbered consecutively in a separate series. The number on the case to which the correspondence is transferred, with the opening and closing dates of the period covered by the correspondence, will be entered in the blank pasted on the bottom of the drawer.

The card-record case will be supplemented by cardboard transfer cases, to which the inclosed transaction will be transferred.

SYSTEM OF IDENTIFYING TRANSACTIONS.

National Forest transactions, to facilitate their identification and the filing of records, will be divided into the following subjects Timber sales, free use, special uses, claims, trespass, and grazing.

For the complete identification of each particular transaction under these subjects the following system of designations will be used in filling in printed forms and card records, referring to the particular transaction in letters, and labeling document folders for section 2 of the supervisors' filing cases.

Under timber sales.-By name of applicant, subject, date of application, and name of Forest. Thus:

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John Jones, timber sale, February 15, 1906, Shawnee National Forest."

Under timber settlements.-By the name of the applicant, subject, kind of use, date of application, and name of Forest. Thus :

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"John Jones, timber settlement, reservoir, February 15, 1906, Shawnee National Forest."

"John Jones, timber settlement, reservoir (Interior), February 15, 1906, Shawnee National Forest."

Under free use.-By name of applicant, subject, date of application, and name of Forest. Thus:

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John Jones, free use, February 15, 1906, Shawnee National Forest."

Under special uses.-By name of applicant, name of use, date of application, and name of Forest. Thus:

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John Jones, sawmill, February 15, 1906, Shawnee National Forest."

"John Jones, reservoir, February 15, 1906, Shawnee National Forest."

"Great Northern Lumber Company, railway, February 15, 1906, Shawnee National Forest."

The name of any other special use applied for will be used instead of those given above.

In designating rights granted by the Secretary of the Interior the word "Interior" will be inserted in parentheses after the name of the right.

Thus:

"John Jones, reservoir (Interior), February 15, 1906, Shawnee National Forest."

On the folder and record card (Form 619) the word "Interior" will be written in the upper right-hand corner.

Under trespass.-By name of trespasser, kind of trespass, date of "report of trespass," and name of the Forest. Thus:

"John Jones, timber trespass, February 15, 1907, Shawnee National Forest."

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John Jones, grazing trespass, February 15, 1907, Shawnee National Forest."

Any trespass other than timber, fire, and grazing will be designated as a special use trespass."

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Under claims.-By name of claimant or mine, kind of claim, and name of Forest. Thus:

"John Jones, homestead settlement, Garfield land district, Shawnee National Forest."

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"John Jones, homestead entry 35412, final certificate 7896, Garfield land district, Shawnee National Forest."

"John Jones, desert-land entry 53124, final certificate 9867, Garfield land district, Shawnee National Forest."

"John Jones, timber and stone, sworn statement 14352, entry 8697, Garfield land district, Shawnee National Forest."

"John Jones, National Forest lieu selection 41345, Garfield land district, Shawnee National Forest."

"John Jones, soldiers' additional application, final certificate 8769, Garfield land district, Shawnee National Forest."

"John Jones, coal declaratory statement 34125, entry 25143, Garfield land district, Shawnee National Forest."

"Kitty B. placer claim, John Jones, mineral location, Garfield land district, Shawnee National Forest."

"Kitty B. placer claim, John Jones, mineral application 324, mineral entry 452, Garfield land district, Shawnee National Forest."

"Golden Gate lode claim, John Jones, mineral location, Garfield land district, Shawnee National Forest."

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'Golden Gate lode claim, John Jones, mineral application 324, mineral entry 254, Garfield land district, Shawnee National Forest."

Forest officers will designate claims according to their status at the time of investigation or report, and always use the proper land office numbers when known. They will complete the record on cards and folders from time to time as such numbers become known. Land office abbreviations may be used. Under grazing, approved permits.-By name of applicant, subject, number of application, and name of Forest.

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Thus :

John Jones, grazing, No. 10, Shawnee National Forest." Under grazing, disapproved applications.—By name of applicant, subject, and name of Forest. Thus:

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John Jones, disapproved, grazing, Shawnee National Forest." Under grazing and use of private land.-Name of applicant, subject, and name of Forest.

Thus :

"John Jones, use of private land, Shawnee National Forest." Under crossing permits.-Name of applicant, subject, and name of Forest. Thus :

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John Jones, crossing permit, Shawnee National Forest."

In Forests where both cattle and horses, and sheep and goats, are allowed, the cattle and horse applications will begin each season with No. 1, and the sheep and goat applications with a number, such as 301, 501, or 1001, which is certain to be above the highest number given any cattle and horse grazing application for the same Forest.

APPENDIX.

STATUTES.

Creation and Administration of National Forests.

CREATION AND MODIFICATION.

ACT OF MARCH 3, 1891 (26 STAT., 1095).

Creation of National Forests.

[1103] SEC. 24. 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.

ACT OF JUNE 4, 1897 (30 STAT., 11).

[34] To remove any doubt which may exist pertaining to the authority of the President (in regard to the President empowered National Forests) the President of the United to revoke, modify, or States is hereby authorized and empowered to suspend Executive orders or proclamations. revoke, modify, or suspend any and all such Executive orders and proclamations or any part thereof, from time to time, as he may deem best for the public interest. * * * [36] The President is hereby authorized at any time to modify any Executive order that has been or may herePresident may mod- after be made establishing any forest reserve, ify any Executive order, etc. and by such modification may reduce the area or change the boundary lines of such reserve, or may vacate altogether any order creating such reserve.

ACT OF MARCH 4, 1907 (34 STAT., 1256).

[1271] Hereafter no forest reserve shall be created, nor shall any additions be made to one heretofore created

No new Forests to within the limits of the States of Oregon, Washbe created in certain States. ington, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, or Wyoming, except by act of Congress.

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