Show notice to forest grazing Permit tees the regulations governing the use of the national forests tor graz purposes provide that permits will be granted only for the exclusive and benefit of the owners of the stock and will be forfeited if eold or transferred in any mann or for any consideration the demand for grazing upon the national purest has become eo greit that large bonuses are being offered and for acock grazing thereon under permit in that the purchaser may secure renewal privileges this 13 contrary to the intent of the regulations which wis to allow purchasers to secure a renewal of permit under conditions which would protect the permit tees against the loss which might otherwise be caused by their being compelled to accept less than the full market value of their live eatock or ranch A property if the stock could not continue to be grazed dundei permit upon its customary range all dermitt per mitt aea are entitled to continued use of the national forest range so long as they desire to graze their stock upon it subject only to the restrictions and requirements of the regulations and also to receive the market value of the stock and ranch property when it is sold but such market value cannot include any allowance for the waiver of the grazing privileges the government alone grants permits and the payment of an additional sum for the waiver by a to the government of his ranee privileges cannot be allowed since such a payment would be a consideration for a privilege is wholly within the discretion of the government and for which no one 13 allowed to receive campen cation warning is riven that the payment of any bonus or the giving of any consideration to the original for the purpose of securing the filing of a waiver of the grazing ledges upon the dional forests is prohibited and will be baue for the tion of permit or forfeiture of all grazing preferences based upon the purchase of permitted stock D F HOUSTON secretary |