Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-12
made to and permission given by the
department.
SALE OF TIMER

made to and permission given by the
} department.
SALE OF TIMBER.
%. The following provision is made
for the sale of timber within forest
reservations in limited quantities:
For the purpose OF preserving the living and
growing timber and promoting the younger
growth on forest reservations, the Secretary OF
the Interior, under such rules and regulations as
he shall prescribe, may cause 10 be designated
and appraised so much OF the dead matured, OF
reservations as may be compatible with the util,
iZatiOn OF the forests thereon, and may sell the
same for not less than the appraised value In
such quantities to each purchaser as he shall
prescribe, to be used in the State Territory In
which such timber reservation may be situated,
respectively, but not for export therefrom: Be
fore such sale shall take place, notice thereof
shall be given by the Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land ONCE, for not less than sixty days, by
publication In a newspaper OF general circula-
ton, published In the county In which the tim
Der is situated, If any is therein published, and
II not, then In newspaper OF general circula-
ton published nearest to the reservation, and
also In newspaper OF general circulation pub
lished at the capftat OF the State or Territory
where such reservatiox exists; payment for
such timber to be made ~ the receiver OF the
local land Office OF the district wherein said tim
| Der may be sold, under such rules and regula-
tions as the Secretary OF the Interior may
| prescribe; and the moneys arising therefrOm
shall be accounted for by the receiver OF such
land office TO the Commissioner Of the General
| Land Office, in a separate account, and snan be
| covered into the Treasury. 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 the Interior, not Interested in
| the purchase or removal OF such timber nor IN
| the employment OF the purchaser thereof. Such
| supervisor shall make report In writing to the
| Commissioners Of the General Land Office and to
the receiver in the land Office In which such
reservation shall be located OF his doings In the
premises.
The sale Of timber is optional, and the
Secretary may exercise his discretion at
all times as TO the necessity or desira-
| bility Of any sale.
%. While sales of timber may be di-
rected by this department without previ-
Gus request from private individuals,
petitions from responsible persons for
the sale OF timber in particular localities
will be considered. Such petitions must
describe the land upon which the tim
ber stands by legal subdivisions, if sur
yeyed If unsurveyed, as definitely as
possible by natural land marks the
character Of the country, whether rough,
steep or mountainous, agricultural or
mineral, or valuable chiefly for its forest
growth and state whether or not the
removal Of the timber would result in
juriously to the objects of forest reser-
walton. 1fany OF the timber is dead,
estimate the quantity in feet, board
measure, with the value, and state
whether killed by fire or other cause.
Of the live timbe., state the different
kinds and estimate the quantity Of each
kind in trees per acre. Estimate the
average diameter of each kind Of tim
ber, and estimate the number of trees Of
each kind per acre above the average
diameter. State the number of trees of
each kind above the average diameter il
is desired to have offered for sale, with
an estimate of the number Of feet, board
measure. therein, and an estimate Of
the value Of the timber as il stands
These petitions must be filed in the
proper land Office, for transmission to
the Commissioner OF the General Land
office.
"a Before any sale is auth orized, the
timber will be examined and appraised,
and other questions involved duly in
vestigated, 10y an official designated for
the purpose and upon his repor! action
will be based.
25. When a sale is ordered, notice
thereof will be given by publication by
the Commissioner Of the General Land
Office in accordance with the law above.
quoted; and if the timber to be sold
stands in more than one county, pub
lished notice will be given in each Of
the counties, in addition to the required
general publication.
26. The time and place Of filing bids,
and other information for correct un-
derstanding of the terms of each sale,
will be given in the published notices.
Timber is not to be sold for less than the
appraised value, and when a bid is &C.
Cepted a certificate of acceptance will be
issued by the Commissioner Of the Gen
eral Land Office to the successful bidder,
who, at the time of making payment,
must present the same to the receiver
of public moneys for the land district in
which the timber stands. The Commits.
soner Of the General Land Office must
approve all sales, and he may, in sales
in excess Of five hundred dollars in
value, make allotments Of quantity to
several bidders at fixed price, if he
deems proper, SO as to avoid monopoly.
The right is also reserved to reject any
or all bids. A reasonable cash deposit
with the proper receiver of public mon
eys, to accompany each bid, will be re-
quired ..
27. Within thirty days after notice to
a bidder of an award of timber to him,
payment must be made in full to the
receiver for the timber SO awarded. The
purchaser must have in hand the receipt
of the receiver for such payment before
he will be allowed to cut. remove, or
otherwise dispose of the timber in any
manner. The timber must all be cut
and removed within one year from the
date of the notice by the receiver OF the
award failing to so do, the purchaser
will forfeit his right to the timber left
standing or unremoved and to his pur-
chase money.
90. Sixty days notice must be given
by the purchaser, through the local land
office. to the Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land office of the proposed date of
cutting and removal of the timber, SO
that an official may be designated TO
supervise such cutting and removal, as
required by the law. Upon application
of purchasers, permits to erect Temporal
ry sawmills for the purpose OF cutting or
manufacturing timber purchased under
this act may be granted by the Commits
sionnr of the General Land office if not
incompatible with the public interests.
Instructions as to disposition Of tops.
brush and refuse, to be given through
the supervisors in each case, must be
strictly complied with, as condition of
said cutting and manufacture.
20. The act provides, that the timber
sold shall be used in the State or Terri
tory in which the reservation is situated,
and is not to be exported thercfrom.
Where a reservation lies in more than
one State or Territory. this requires that
the timber shall be used in the State or
Territory where cut.
80. Receivers Of public moneys will
issue receipts in duplicate for moneys
received in payment for timber, one of
which will be given the purchaser, and