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BUREAU OF FISHERIES

FISCAL REGULATIONS

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Employments in the Field

Effective February 1, 1910

WASHINGTON
Government Printing Office
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FeBruary 1, 1910.
The following regulations are hereby promulgated for
the guidance of officers and employees properly authorized

to perform field service under the Bureau of Fisheries.
Gro. M. Bowers,
Commissioner of Fisheries.
Approved:
Beng. S. CABLE,
Acting Secretary.

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FISCAL REGULATIONS
GOVERNING EMPLOYMENTS IN THE FIELD.

1. Expense accounts not prepared on voucher
blanks in conformity with these instructions will
be returned for correction, as the Comptroller of
the Treasury holds that accounts of field employees
can not be altered in any particular in the admin-
istrative office.

2. Each employee engaged in field work will be fur-
nished a copy of these regulations, telegraph identification
cards, stationery, and the following-described printed
forms: government requests for transportation, vouchers
of the kinds required, subvouchers, and, if necessary,
government bills of lading and reports of temporary labor
employed. Further supplies may be obtained by making
requisition on the Bureau of Fisheries.

The instructions printed on these blanks are to be care-
fully followed.

3. Every employee acting under travel orders or
engaged in the field service of the Bureau of Fish-
eries is required to keep himself provided with funds
sufficient for ail of his current expenses. If loss of
time results from lack of funds, such time will be
charged to the annual leave of the employee, or
deducted from his salary, and no subsistence charge
will be allowed therefor.

4. Every employee must keep a memorandum of ex-
penditures, noting each item at the time the expense is
incurred, together with the date.

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5. At the termination of the term of service of an em-
ployee, unused government requests for transportation,
telegraph identification cards, bills of lading, and all gov-
ernment property in his possession must be accounted for
to the Bureau before his final voucher will be approved
for settlement.

TRAVELING EXPENSES.

6. All travel should be by the shortest practicable route
and without any unusual or unnecessary delay.

Proper and legitimate traveling expenses are those
‘‘usual and essential” to the comfort of travelers, and in-
clude the following:

7. Fares upon railroads, steamboats, stages, or
other usual means of transportation.—Charges for
fares on steamboats should show whether meals and berth
are included. The purchase of mileage books, commuta-
tion tickets, or the acceptance of rebates, in any form, on
fares is prohibited, but through, limited, or round-trip
tickets must be procured whenever possible and when not
used the reason must be stated.

8. Government requests for transportation must be used
where the cost of transportation involved is more than two
dollars, and, when. used, that fact should be indicated in
the account, as shown in sample account, with the date
ofissue. If it is impracticable in any case to use such
requests, the reasons must be stated. The number of the
travel order must be entered on the face of the request.

9. The coupon of the government request for transpor-
tation properly filled out, including the number of the
travel order, or, if not numbered, the date of such order, is
to be forwarded, after the completion of the journey for
which the transportation was furnished, to the Bureau of
Fisheries, and when a request is issued for sleeping-car or
parlor-car accommodations the conductor’s checks for
berths or seats are to be forwarded with the coupon.

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10. Travel on limited trains requiring extra fares will not
be allowed except when absolutely necessary. In this
case and when unusual routes or expensive means of trans-
portation are charged for, an explanatory statement setting
forth the necessity for the expenses must accompany the
account, and, if approved by the Commissioner of Fish-
eries, such charges will be allowed. The route of an em-
ployee should be carefully arranged to avoid duplication
in travel.

11. Points between which travel is performed must be
indicated in the account. Junction points must also be
shown.

12. Payment of fares to conductors of trains must be
shown by subvouchers, and if the omission to purchase
tickets is not satisfactorily explained the extra cost will not
be allowed.

Unused coupons of railroad tickets must be forwarded
to the Bureau for redemption.

13. Sleeping-car fares (one double berth), fares for
parlor-car seats on trains, and for customary state-
room accommodations on boats.— Passengers’ coupons
issued as receipts for berths in sleeping cars and seats in
parlor cars must accompany the account as subvouchers
when paid for in cash instead of with government requests
for transportation.

14. Porter fee not exceeding 25 cents on each sleeping
or parlor car. If one car is used for an extended period,
a fee of 25 cents will be allowed for each 24 hours or frac-
tion thereof. Tips generally will not be allowed. Bag-
gage porters’ fees will be allowed where the performance
of service is shown.

15. Street-car fares, etec., between depots and hotels
and other necessary points; and transferring and
checking baggage at depots.—Charges for street-car
fares should show points between which travel is made.
Charges for personal transfer and baggage will be closely

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scrutinized, and if regarded excessive, as compared with
the charges of other employees engaged in similar work, an
explanation will be required. Charges for omnibus, trans-
fer coach, or cab will not be allowed if street-railway cars
were available. All such expenses should be fully
explained.

16. Reasonable hotel accommodations.—Hotel
charges if involving lodging must be supported by sub-
vouchers showing the regular per diem rate for lodging,
for board, or for both, as the case may be, together with the
times between which the same were furinshed. Charges
for meals and lodging must be itemized on the subvoucher,
e. g., ‘From supper July 3 to supper July 5, inclusive, 24
days, at $2, $4.50.”

17. Meals must be designated in accounts as breakfast,
dinner, and supper, and the places at which meals are
taken must be stated, excepting those on dining cars,
when they must be stated in the account as ‘‘en route.”’
Subvouchers are not required for detached meals.

18. No allowance for board or subsistence will be made
in case of avoidable detentions not required in the per-
formance of duties designated in orders.

19. No allowance will be made for expenses incurred for
meals or lodging at the place where the employee resides.

20. Bills for board and subsistence must be paid by the
employee incurring the expense and not forwarded to the
Bureau for settlement.

21. Livery and other special transportation will be
allowed when there are no regular means, such as railroads,
steamboats, or stages; also when the use of same results in
the saving of money. Subvouchers showing the neces-
sity for the hire of such transportation are required.

22. Feed and stabling of horses (subvouchers re-
quired), ferriage and toils.

23. The employment of guides when absolutely nec-
essary. Subvouchers showing the necessity for a guide
are required.

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24. Charges for local or long-distance telephone
messages on public business will be allowed, provided
a statement is furnished of the person and place com-
municated with, the time occupied, and substance of the
message. When long-distance telephone is used, a sub-
voucher must be furnished when practicable, except
where an automatic pay station has-been used. In the
latter case the account must contain a statement to that
effect.

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.

25. Labor or other assistance should be specifically
authorized by the Commissioner of Fisheries before such
employment is engaged. Such assistance should not be
paid for by the field employee, but the account (voucher
Form 433), covering same should be certified to in the
usual manner and forwarded for settlement. Such ac-
count should show when the service began and ended.
If it is found that the payee will not wait for reimburse-
ment in the regular manner, payment may be made,
receipt therefor being taken on a subvoucher. Such item
in the account must be accompanied by full explanation.
In no case can assistance be employed in Washington.

26. Miscellaneous supplies, repairs, and the like should
have special authorization or they will not be allowed,
and the estimated cost of such supplies or repairs should
be submitted on requisition Form 762, before the purchase
is made. Such supplies should not be paid for by the
employee, but the account (voucher Form 810), covering
the same should be certified to in the prescribed man-
ner and forwarded for settlement, unless the payee
demand immediate payment, when the procedure may
be followed as authorized in section 25.

27. Articles of stationery, such as paper, pens, pen-
holders, pencils, etc., should not be purchased. Such
supplies should be obtained upon requisition on the
Bureau of Fisheries.

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28. Freight and express.—Freight must always be.

shipped on government bills of lading and not paid for in
cash. When goods are ordered the merchant or shipper
should be supplied with a government bill of lading.
Canceled bills of lading must be returned to the Bureau at
once.

29. Prepaid express receipts presented as subvouchers
must show weight, rate, and the rate for advance charges.

30. Telegrams.—All employees will be furnished with
telegraph identification cards of both the Postal Telegraph-
Cable Company and the Western Union Telegraph Com-
pany, which should be used in all cases where telegrams
are sent on official business. When these cards are used
no payment at time of sending or receiving telegrams
should be made. Where the employees of telegraph
companies refuse to recognize telegraph identification
cards, the tolls should be paid and a copy of the telegram,
properly receipted for the amount paid, attached to the
account to support the charge, and a statement made that
telegraph identification cards were not recognized.

31. The telegraph should be resorted to as a means of
communication only in cases of emergency, or when espe-
cially instructed to use that means of communication. If
this rule is violated, the cost of the telegram will be charged
against the employee responsible for sending the message.

32. In preparing telegrams care should be observed that
all unnecessary words, initials, and figures in the address
and body, and also in the signature thereof, are omitted.

33. Expenses for telegrams relating to leave of absence,
payment of salary and accounts, or any other matter of a
personal nature, will not be allowed, and such telegrams
must not be sent to the Bureau ‘‘collect.’’

34. Payments for telegrams can be made only at the
rates shown in schedule prescribed by the Postmaster-
General indicated in the following table. If for any rea-
son a message can be transmitted cheaper at commercial
rates, those rates should be used.

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35. Words to be counted and charged for.—In a
prepaid message the under-mentioned words will be
counted and charged for, viz:

The address and signature.

All words in an extra date.

In the check, the words ‘‘ Deliver and report charges,”’
‘‘Collect delivery charges,’ ‘‘Report delivery,’’ and
‘“Repeat back.”’

In collect messages the word ‘‘collect” in the check will
be counted but will not be charged for.

When a message bears two or more addresses, and de-
livery is to be made to each address, it will be charged for
as two or more messages, as the case may be. A message
addressed, for example, to ‘“‘W. Brown, 197 Broadway,
and B. Wells, 60 Exchange Place, N. Y.,’’ or a message ad-
dressed, for example, to ‘‘W. Brown and B. Wells, 197
Broadway,’’ will in each case be charged for as two mes-
sages. A message addressed to “J. B. Jackson and 8S. B.
Smith, Senate Chamber, Washington, D. C.,’’ will be
charged for as two messages. The additional address
will not be considered as extra words.

In counting a message, dictionary words, initial letters,
surnames of persons, names of cities, towns, villages,
States or Territories, or names of the Canadian provinces,
will be counted and charged for each as one word. The
abbreviations for the names of cities, towns, villages,
States, Territories, and Provinces will be counted and
charged for the same as if written in full. In names of
countries or counties all the words will be counted and
charged for.

Abbreviations of weights and measures in common use
will be counted each as a word.

To prevent lability to error and reduce cost, numbers
and amounts should be written in words.

In ordinal numbers the affixes st., d., nd., rd., and th.
will each be counted as one word.

AZ

All groups of letters, whether pronounceable or not,
when such groups are not dictionary words and are not
combinations of dictionary words, will in domestic mes-
sages be counted at the rate of five letters or fractions of
five letters to the word. Figures, decimal points, and
bars of division will be counted, each separately, as one
word.

The following example will illustrate the application of
these rules:

Mane DOING: . <<< <:.-+sc's28 i word. | 10th. - 2 - ie! =, See a ee 3 word
MMeGrecor. 5: 2. . 5.2.5 se Tet oe NB ofS }> 9 anerin deem te el hf. i GG
MOMGQnMOr 2. 22 See Pe i eek tee se SR Oe eh eee ty
TDN A a es ee eer Be ne NaS Ss fesse eee Ter 46
ROW. JReo 2. she 2s Ao ace a ae ATMAUTCCIS 230-5 she) one eee Die Wks
New York (or N. Y.)...-- ee ae Ad banbia-.-2 coe ee cee anes
New York State.......... Y ig GhanGitie os. se see ne Bae
Nova Scotia (or N.'S.).... 1 * Inberavisss 22 hs See oes Dred 368
SipmLOUISee as ese le he 1 ae By tien 90 ee ee Bee! Sai
BAS ius Ue UOUIS 25... oes 1 pes ENGY RI Q4SIT > 4 Ao ee en Soe
Worth Caroling -.... =: «<< Tacs All-right or alright........ Fe AE
Queen Ann County....... 3 ‘
New Mexico cs... 0: ce: 2:. fe. 66 EXCEPTIONS.
District of Columbia (or eet ine EN Se A pee
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Ten millions.............. 2 6c CACHE: (or caf) wee eee eee 1 <
3d (or 3rd) AN alent pies nae oe Pt er cent ss eee ae ee Ly Gree

PREPARATION OF ACCOUNTS.

See paragraphs 7, 17, 20, 24, 25, 26.

36. Accounts for travel expenses are to be rendered on
Form 847 and its corresponding attached memorandum;
and for purchases of material on Form 810 and correspond-
ing memorandum. Pay rolls covering the employment
of temporary labor are to be rendered on Form 433, in

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attached to the account in numerical series. They must
be complete as to dates, amounts, etc.

52. Signatures by mark to subvouchers should be wit-
nessed by some one other than the person rendering the
account, and the witness’s name should appear as such.
When it is impossible to have signature by mark wit-
nessed, the person rendering the account may act as
witness, explaining why he did so.

53. Subvouchers must be stated in the name of the per-
son, firm, company, or corporation rendering the service.
If a firm, the receipt to the subvoucher must be in the
usual firm signature; if an incorporated or unincorporated
company, the receipt must be in the corporate name, fol-
owed by the autograph signature of the officer (with his
title) authorized to receive moneys and receipt therefor.
Where possible, subvouchers should be filled out by the
payee. If that can not be done, the amount in figures
should be written by the person signing the receipt.

54. Erasures or alterations should be avoided, and when
made should be certified to by the officer administering
the oaths as having been made before final execution.
The certificate should indicate the alteration or erasure
made.

55. Paragraph 3 of Treasury Department Circular No. 52
of the year 1907 provides that all accounts claiming reim-
bursement for actual necessary expenses incurred in the
performance of official duty, or mileage where provided by
law, shall be verified by affidavit.

56. A clerk of a United States court, a United States
commissioner, or an officer or employee in the executive
service of the Government who is also a notary is not per-
mitted to receive a fee from an employee for administer-
ing an oath to an account, and acharge for such service
will not be allowed to the employee.

57. When an officer or employee of the department veri-
fies a voucher by his oath, before a clerk of a United States
court or a United States commissioner, the officer or em-

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ployee making such oath should not pay the fee for such
service. The Comptroller of the Treasury, in a decision
dated July 31, 1906, held that such fees should be included
in the accounts of clerks and commissioners and paid by
the United States upon settling their accounts at the Treas-
ury, as provided for by section 856, Revised Statutes.

58. The official character of the officer administering the
oath should be shown by the impress seal of his office or by
the certificate of the proper official of the State or Territory
in which the oath is administered, showing his authority to
administer oaths. The jurat should always show the venue
of a magistrate.

59. Only one jurat fee will be allowed. The jurat fee is
to be charged as the last item in the account, and must not
exceed the legal rate.

60. The legal fees which notaries public and justices of
the peace of the various States and Territories are author-
ized by law to charge for taking affidavits to accounts and
affixing their seals thereto are set forth in the following
table:

Notaries Justices of

State or Territory. public. |the peace

PLS eae eee a eres ae ee eee $0. 50 $0. 25

Alaska:

1 STASTRGITS TELE) RR eee yee Be Reds St ee . 50 .30

Second aig toning: GiStricts. 4. 623205. -,02.ce. 25 75 40
. DETTE ajdt bo ee gle ei i eee en, By 59 .75
LENIN DOs ES ae, es ee . 50 - 50
DUINRGITTI ee ee wk wee dee se saess 50 25
OLA AGLUS S etcgass a 25 25
RUE EUS 2 ES RI a en 35 10
77 LUE SRD DUELS SS OS Si a a 50 25
“OLS STOUR CT) OCC) oy tn rr 50 50
2 OTE -. adel nt ee a ee ee 60 16
2 EDEL ete ie fa 50 30
oo TT ESL, 2 eA A ere ere Pues hs $e eee ve
MRMRIR CE ees eee ee) Be, BE ees oh 8 Se oe 25 15
Oe ae ee ere eee 2 oe 25 35
FTE ET acon all betel dle Lal hill eet adi ta aig Se eS ab OT [o0 ue
RT PEACE 68 oh SS eo 25 225
eee ce CS oe a ee Le eee . 30 .30

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. Notaries |Justices of
State or Territory. public. |the peace.
Rentuelky a2 \/os si Sener. oe ee ee $0. 20 $0. 20
AV OUISIANG 2 3/25). oe 2.52 a ee ee eee eee 75 25
Hi [ES 1 a Sear eg Aa lS ie hl | a ce al aha a aS 25 25
Mary lama :¢ 32.2: 1 BRS eEE eS ee. Mee Se, 625 10
IMaSSRCHUSCUIS = 35 tee epee ee oe eee ees Re De e25
Michie ans! Se bo See ee ee ee need ene ee 5s, a25
MINNESOTA Kioc5 Se Ao Re eee ne ee R45) . 30
INTISSISSIDI «<=. = 5 12 eer eke iets aero ere ee . 50 «20
IMASSOUNTS 22s eae a ee ae . 50 20)
Montanas.7. sacs. (oe eee eu sioe ae eee eee 50 50
INebraska cis. fateh ees cee SL ah ee Lee ee ~25 J25
ING Vade as Behe. cere Bele nes Sok eee eee eae ade . 50
ING WH anipSiines jens Sassen Sansa s Se ae eee 225 .25
IN GW. Slerseye 55 Se Fae ac ae ed Re eee soe som
IN@ wales Go Ui se see ae ee ere ee ee . 50 325)
INieWaYuOr kn o0i 2 = gah ei Eis eb Lae ae eee aes oil .10
IN OnthY Canolinal..+ sy van Sea ere ees eee . 50 225
Norte kota nedecc 1s ee eee een oer ae eres 725 25
OIG 2s Pe Ses se Ae eg 2 Oe ee . 40 . 40
OYJ Ei iorccts ye ee Ree Me Eee a ed Ie ese Bet tas
Orevomastte: etek Set SS Se ee eee ee 1.00 =25
Penns yilwalleie: © Sse a Jae eee ere foe pee eee 25 25
Except—
City ‘of Philadelphia: . (202% 22. 5.eSe eee 375 . 50
Alleah envi County sins -n ems oe: See eee. 1.00 «25

Bedford, Berks, Blair, Cameron, Center, Clin-
ton, Columbia, Dauphin, Delaware, Fulton,
Lancaster, Lebanon, Luzerne, Lycoming,
Montour, Northampton, Snyder, Somerset,

Westmoreland, and Wyoming counties. ..... .310 -25

Erie, Schuylkill, and York counties........... 3125 .20
Philippine tslandsis.soeeeses eases oy eee ene 20! leeeeeeeee
IEVMOCO NTS ain Glisten ks Seas nk Sa eet, ook NE pee renee 625, he cee
South: Carolinast..:. ese eee se ae eee 225 . 30
SOG ako tea hee a es gee es eee ee eee ene ~25 -25
TReTIMeSSOG Feet seo ae ee ee . 50 . 30
COGS Leesa aay tem See Be een ta cbc Scr erete ak ee te .25 25
LOG G27 ce ee ee eR eae Se eel ee ee A . 50 25
WEPimoOntons: ask Oe oe ee Boek See eee eee 20) Vie eee aeene
AA Uc Cs Oe CR eee ak Ea Ee Sn ke Mena, Ae A 25 .20
Weaning orals che ae 2 eee eee ee CR AL a ne «00 -25
WiestaVincimigies 5 Sa tbat € ieee, et iar Das eee .25 - 20
NWISCON SIME Fie ee eerie etn oir eee sere, eee .25 -25
W yorlnges: (esis secs Re Re Sa . 50 -10

61. It has been held by the Treasury Department that
a sworn affidavit will not be required for expense accounts
in this department where those incurring the expenses—

‘are far removed from an officer authorized to administer
oaths for general purposes, or where, by the making of such

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affidavit, the disclosure of the fact of the presence of the
government officer, agent, or employee at the particular
place where such affidavit is taken will be detrimental to
the public interests, or where, on account of the peculiar
nature of the duties of the officer or employee, continuous
travel is necessary without opportunity for stops at places
where the appearance before an officer authorized to
administer oaths is possible”—provided, however, that
such expense account—‘‘shall be certified on honor as cor-
rect and accompanied by a statement of the conditions
which make it impracticable to secure an affidavit.”

61. All expense accounts not sworn to must contain spe-
cific explanations of the reasons why the oath is omitted,
and must be certified to on honor in the space provided
for the affidavit.

62. The following sample account has been printed to
show the manner of preparation and to secure uniformity
in entering the items of actual and necessary expenses.
Being for the purpose of illustration only, it is not in-

tended asan exhaustive enumeration of all proper expend-

itures.

Date.

1910.

Jan.

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Num- Amounts
PASS ber of | Sub- c
Bureau of Fisheries. tence he aneliae
porta- | num-
TRAVEL ORDER No. 99. tion re-| ber. |Dolls./Cents.
quest
Pearl mussel investigation.
Car fare, house to depot, Wash-
ington, TD. Cores ies tee Acces a eee eee 05
Baggage transfer, house to de-
POW. ashing tom WN Ce se seer se eee ee | ee 35
Transportation Washington
to New York and ret., via.
Pes Resekere: See eee eae eee oe 999) [22 10 00
See: berth Washing-
ton to New York (coupon
ere wiGh))chi. = 3 seca ee aI SE eee i 2 00
SUPPEr OMA ose foe cccs oleae e acon eee see 1 00
Porter’s fee, sleeping car... +2242. 2-4 | ss eee ee 25
Car fare, depot to hotel, New
Work: 2h. Sie. SEs co 2m Boe eee eee | Cee 05
Baggage transfer, depot to
hotel, New Works... 7. 22.22 |sen sae al aoe eee eee 50
Telephone message to A. C.
Co., making appointment
with MAN AGEEN AMIN LES ses oe | eetiee ee ee ee 2 2 | Sees 10
Woodward Hotel, board and
lodging, b. Jan. 3 tos. Jan. 4,
inclusive, 24 days @ $2 per
C6 Lai Se See a ete [Ps ol eee 2 5 50
R. R. fare, New ee As to
Hastings, N. RVs CEEOL sc shee rete | ene 2 25
Boat hire, Paste neo) eee pl eee 75
Assistance, LY ibs = RROD. | BBE ee! 2 ees Pes 90
Supplies, We rach ata Nerd css | Beet eee Di j| seers 60
Livery, BU ee ee eres ea ed ee ae re 6 1 50
Empire Express Co., Hastings,
express on 1 can of mussels,
TECELPUSMEKe Wat eee ae eee Sn ee i se 40
Johnson Hotel, lodging, night
0) 9 0 ais epee Se ee ee 8 1 00
Brealdast im New Monk? S..3-| 52202 see eae See 75
Baggage, hotel to depot, New
Ga GCOS oa ee eee eee ae oe tear s| re PLS meee A 50
Dinner on train en route to
Wrashinetonis si rese as elle ae eee ee 1 00
Baggage transfer, depot to
house; Wiashinetonssee2eees| sooo. ssc|eaanee sos eee 35
Car fare, depot to house, W ash-
IMNGUOM cos hee oh wc cee see eee ee a eee | eee 05
Livery, Dec. 16, 1909, sus-
pended in December vouch-
er (see explanation and sub-
woucher attached) ss as525 ese ascot ao eee 2 00
Notary fee s.t Ss. a2. 4a oot elon en eee eee 50
Amount carried forward -...........-...5- 22 35

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The following will give the general form of entries which
should be made on subvoucher receipts, Form 527, which
must accompany accounts when required by the regula-
tions:

The United States to Woodward Hotel, Dr. No. 2.
ARTICLES DELIVERED OR SERVICES
1910. EReoaKcdn Dollars. | Cts.

Jan. 4} Board and lodging, breakfast Jan. 2 to supper
Jan. 4, inc., 2? days, at $2 per day..-......- 5 50

RECEIVED at New York City, of John Smith, this 4th day of Jan.,
1910, the full amount of the above account.

$5. 50. WoopwWaARD HOotEL,
Per JOHN WOODWARD,
Prop.
The United States to John Doe, Dr. No. 3.
ARTICLES DELIVERED OR SERVICES
1910. PEE MOE aane Dollars. | Cts.

Jan. 4)| Boat hire, collecting mussels, 3 hrs., at
CUS be tec. 2lo\s so wists ce ote eee eee ane 75

RECEIVED at New York City, of John Smith, this 4th day of Jan.,
1910, the full amount of the above account.

$0.75. JOHN DoE.
The United States to Geo. Johnson, Dr. No. 4,
ARTICLES DELIVERED OR SERVICES
1910. Sa eee Dollars. | Cts.
Jan. 4 | Assistance collecting mussels, 3 hrs., at 30 cts.|.........- 90

RECEIVED at New York City, of John Smith, this 4th day of Jan.,
1910, the full amount of the above account.
$0.90. GEO. JOHNSON.

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The United States to John Brown, Dr. No. 5.
1910. ARTICLES Seay os SERVICES Dollars.) CEL

Jan. 4/1 tin can, 10 cts.; 1 gal. denatured alcohol,
50 @tSz costa te le semsner ae sa ohe ee cee a eRe enlee ee eee 60

RECEIVED at New York City, of John Smith, this 4th day of Jan.,
1910, the full amount of the above account.

$0.60. JOHN BROWN.
The United States to William A. Harris, Dr. No. 6.
ARTICLES DELIVERED OR SERVICES
1910. PERFORMED. Dollars. | Cts.

Jan. 4} Horse and buggy, one hour, driving from
Hastings mussel beds, in Hudson River.
No other means of conveyance............- | 1 50

RECEIVED at Hastings, N. Y., of John Smith, this 4th day of Jan.,
1910, the full amount of the above account.

$1.50.
WILLIAM A. HARRIS.
The United States to Johnson Hotel, Dr. No. 8.
ARTICLES DELIVERED OR SERVICES
1910. PERVORMED. Dollars. | Cts.
Jan. <5 | duodgine mightiol Janndeesense-- ce ccece eee 1 00

RECEIVED at New York, of John Smith, this 5th day of Jan., 1910,
the full amount of the above account.
$1.00
JOHNSON HOTEL,
Per M. MADISON, Clk.

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RECAPITULATION.

EXPENSES WHICH MAY BE ALLOWED.
Fares:
Railroad and other, see par. 7, 8, 10, 11, 12.
Sleeping and parlor car, see par. 13.
Street car, see par. 15.
Baggage transfer, see par. 15.
Fees, see par. 14.
Hotel accommodations, see par. 16, 17, 20.
Board and lodging, see par. 17, 20.
Livery and special transportation, see par. 21, 22.
Guides, see par. 23.
Telegrams, see par. 30, 31, 32, 34, 35.
Telephone messages, see par. 24.
Labor, see par. 25.
Supplies, see par. 26.

EXPENSES WHICH MAY BE ALLOWED CONDITION-
ALLY.
Cabs and busses, see par. 15.
Fees, see par. 14.

EXPENSES WHICH WILL NOT BE ALLOWED.

Extra fares on limited trains, see par. 10.

Meals or lodging owing to avoidable detention, see
par. 18.

Meals or lodging at place of residence, see par. 19.

Stationery, see par. 27.

Freight, see par. 28.

Telegrams of personal nature, see par. 33.

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