A-19751, JANUARY 30, 1928, 7 COMP. GEN. 450
Highlights
TRAVELING EXPENSES - JOINT - MINOR CHILDREN WHERE AN EMPLOYEE IN AN AUTHORIZED TRAVEL STATUS IS ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE AND MINOR CHILDREN. THE DIVISION OF JOINT TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE PROPORTION PROPERLY REIMBURSABLE TO THE EMPLOYEE WILL BE MADE ON THE FOLLOWING BASIS: CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS OF AGE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED IN APPORTIONING THE EXPENSES. CHILDREN 5 YEARS OF AGE AND UNDER 12 YEARS WILL BE CONSIDERED AS COSTING ONE-HALF AS MUCH AS AN ADULT. CHILDREN 12 YEARS OF AGE OR OVER WILL BE CONSIDERED ON THE SAME BASIS AS AN ADULT. 7 COMP. 1928: REFERENCE IS HAD TO THE DECISION TO YOU OF SEPTEMBER 16. IN THE LETTER PART OF WHICH DECISION IT WAS STATED: * * * AS A PRACTICAL SOLUTION.
A-19751, JANUARY 30, 1928, 7 COMP. GEN. 450
TRAVELING EXPENSES - JOINT - MINOR CHILDREN WHERE AN EMPLOYEE IN AN AUTHORIZED TRAVEL STATUS IS ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE AND MINOR CHILDREN, THE DIVISION OF JOINT TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE PROPORTION PROPERLY REIMBURSABLE TO THE EMPLOYEE WILL BE MADE ON THE FOLLOWING BASIS: CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS OF AGE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED IN APPORTIONING THE EXPENSES; CHILDREN 5 YEARS OF AGE AND UNDER 12 YEARS WILL BE CONSIDERED AS COSTING ONE-HALF AS MUCH AS AN ADULT; AND CHILDREN 12 YEARS OF AGE OR OVER WILL BE CONSIDERED ON THE SAME BASIS AS AN ADULT. 7 COMP. GEN. 220, MODIFIED.
COMPTROLLER GENERAL MCCARL TO WILLIAM M. LOCKWOOD, DISBURSING CLERK, INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION, JANUARY 30, 1928:
REFERENCE IS HAD TO THE DECISION TO YOU OF SEPTEMBER 16, 1927, IN THE CASE OF THE TRAVELING EXPENSES OF C. B. RUSH, 7 COMP. GEN. 220, IN THE LETTER PART OF WHICH DECISION IT WAS STATED:
* * * AS A PRACTICAL SOLUTION, THEREFORE, THE DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES SHOULD BE MADE UPON THE BASIS GENERALLY FOLLOWED BY THE RAILROADS IN THIS COUNTRY IN CHARGING FOR TRANSPORTATION OF CHILDREN; THAT IS, CHILDREN UNDER 6 YEARS OF AGE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED IN APPORTIONING THE EXPENSES; CHILDREN BETWEEN 6 AND 12 YEARS OF AGE WILL BE CONSIDERED AS COSTING ONE-HALF AS MUCH AS AN ADULT; AND CHILDREN OVER 12 YEARS OF AGE WILL BE COUNTED ON THE SAME BASIS AS AN ADULT PERSON. * * *
THE ATTENTION OF THIS OFFICE HAS BEEN CALLED TO THE FACT THAT THE RAILROAD TARIFFS NOW IN FORCE GENERALLY FIX THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN FREE TRANSPORTATION AND ONE-HALF FARE AT 5 YEARS INSTEAD OF 6. ACCORDINGLY, THE DECISION OF SEPTEMBER 16, 1927, WILL BE AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTING THE NUMERAL 5 WHEREVER THE NUMERAL 6 APPEARS IN THAT PORTION OF SAID DECISION WHICH IS QUOTED ABOVE. THIS MAKES NO DIFFERENCE IN THE FINAL ACTION ON THE VOUCHER INVOLVED IN THAT CASE AND IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CORRECTING THE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR AS INDICATED ABOVE.