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FORM 5-5331
Revised May 1975 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
TIMBER CUTTING PERMIT
Allotted
Indian Tribal
Non -Indian ✓ Permit No. U01-
Indian Reservation, J ULY S 20 /
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to cut and remove in accordance with the provisions on th %verse side of this permit, on or before
ARIL- 14 , 20 VY , from the following lands on which authority to grant
timber permits has been obtained:
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tribal land or allotment of
allotment number timber of kind, quantity, and price as follows:
1
Advance stumpage payments to the Superintendent for the timber.cut will be made as follows:
I accept this permit and agree to comply with the foregoing conditions and with the provisions
on the reverse side of this permit.
SIGNED: x iw.ew�.•�i, /�e,.(� -l7 �%
(Permittee)
WITNESSES:
AUTHORIZE
(Name) (Allottee)
(Address) APPROVED:
(Name)
(Address)
((Approving OfficV
(OVER) (Title)

This permit is issued under the Tollowing provisions;
1. "Approving Officer" means the officer approving the permit or his authorized representative.
2. "Superintendent" means the Superintendent or other officer in charge of the Indian Agency having jurisdiction
over the permit area, or his authorized representative.
3. "Officer in Charge" means the forest officer of highest rank assigned to the supervision of forestry work at the
Indian Agency having jurisdiction over the permit area, or his authorized representative.
4. "Permittee" means the Pennittee, his employees, or his subcontractors,
5. Only such timber as designated by the Approving Officer or the Officer in Charge may be cut.
6. Young growth will be protected as far as possible.
7. Stumps will be cut low as practical so as to avoid waste. The mean height of any stump shall not exceed one-half
its diameter, except that where this height is considered to be impracticable, higher stumps may be authorized by the .
Officer in Charge.
8. Waste in high stumps, butts, tops, breaks, and partially sound logs, and all trees which are left felled or lodged or
badly damaged by the Permittee's operations will be scaled for their merchantable contents and charged against the
Permittee.
9. Carelessness on part of fellers or other employees of the Permittee that results in unnecessary breaking of trees
will be penalized by scaling such trees full as if they had not been broken.
10. For convenience in scaling, logs or other products shall be decked, stacked, or otherwise held at scaling points
designated by the Officer in Charge and will not be moved therefrom until they have been scaled, stamped, numbered
or otherwise released by the Officer in Charge. Products that are moved contrary to the instructions of the Officer in
Charge shall be paid for by the Permittee at double the permit stumpage rates,
11. If required by the Officer in Charge, the slash resulting from the cutting operations, including limbs, tops,
damaged young growth and other material will be piled compactly. and away from reserve trees on the whole area.
12. Burning of the piled slash by the Permittee will be done atsuch times and in such manner as may be required by
the Officer in Charge. Whenever fire runs through slash; except, in. compliance with instructions of the Officer in Charge,
the Permittee.may be required to top and scatter or repile and reburn the slash.
13. During the wildfire season the Permittee shall have a cache of firefighting equipment of the kind and quantity as
determined by the Officer in Charge in the area of his operation.
14. It is agreed that during the permit period the Permittee shall take immediate and independent fire suppression
action on all fires on or threatening the area covered by this permit. It is further agreed that the Permittee will assist the
Bureau of Indian Affairs in suppressing other fires when called upon.
15. It is understood and agreed that the Permittee shall be liable for all suppression costs of fires caused by
negligence on the part of the Permittee. It is further understood and agreed that for fires caused by operations or
activities of the Permittee, but not through neglect, the Permittee shall pay one-half of the total suppression cost
provided that the Permittee's obligation shall be limited to the total value of the permit.
16. The Permittee will be paid for fighting fires, other than those caused by the Permittee's neglect or operations, at
fates.as determined by the Superintendent:
17. The Permittee shall be liable for all damages from fires caused by his neglect or operations to timber or any
other property of the Indians or the Government in an amount to be determined by the Superintendent.
18, If timber on the permit area is damaged or destroyed by fire, the cause of which was no fault of the Permittee,
the Permittee may authorized by the Approving Officer to utilize products from adjacent areas to fulfill the value
terms of this permit. "
19: A bond may or may not be required as determined by the Approving Officer.
20: The Permittee will comply with all other laws and regulations governing the reservation withinwhich the perruit
area is located.
NOTES This: form is to lic used for all Indian lands, allotted and tribal and is to be executed in triplicate. In case of allotted lands, the -
al lottee or his heirs shall authorize the permit unless a valid power of attorney has been executed. In case of tribal lands, authorization
for cutting may be obtained by a Council resolution approving the annual policy statement governing the issuance of permits.