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B-147846, APR. 16, 1962

B-147846 Apr 16, 1962
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SINCE YOU HAVE FURNISHED EVIDENCE AS TO PAYMENT FOR GASOLINE AND OIL AND $18 SEEMS REASONABLE AS TO THE SECOND SHIPMENT. YOU ARE ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT IN THE SUM OF $105.57. AMOUNT MAY BE ALLOWED AS REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRUCK REPAIR SINCE THAT IS NOT REGARDED AS A REIMBURSABLE SHIPPING COST. SINCE YOU ARE UNABLE TO FURNISH EVIDENCE AS TO THE RENTAL OF THE PICK-UP TRUCK NO AMOUNT MAY BE ALLOWED AS TO THAT ITEM NOR FOR THE GASOLINE AND OIL USED IN OPERATING THAT TRUCK. A SETTLEMENT FOR $105.57 WILL ISSUE TO YOU IN DUE COURSE.

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B-147846, APR. 16, 1962

TO MAJOR JESSE C. HAYES, USAR, RETIRED:

YOUR LETTER OF MARCH 25, 1962, REFERS FURTHER TO YOUR CLAIM FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF THE EXPENSES INCURRED BY YOU IN MOVING YOUR HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS FROM FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, TO POCAHONTAS, ARKANSAS, IN TWO SHIPMENTS INCIDENT TO YOUR RETIREMENT.

SINCE THE EVIDENCE NOW SUBMITTED ESTABLISHES THAT YOU PAID $25 FOR LABOR OF PACKING AND CRATING YOUR HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS AND $62.57 FOR TRUCK RENTAL ON THE SECOND SHIPMENT, AND SINCE YOU HAVE FURNISHED EVIDENCE AS TO PAYMENT FOR GASOLINE AND OIL AND $18 SEEMS REASONABLE AS TO THE SECOND SHIPMENT, YOU ARE ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT IN THE SUM OF $105.57. AMOUNT MAY BE ALLOWED AS REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRUCK REPAIR SINCE THAT IS NOT REGARDED AS A REIMBURSABLE SHIPPING COST. ALSO, SINCE YOU ARE UNABLE TO FURNISH EVIDENCE AS TO THE RENTAL OF THE PICK-UP TRUCK NO AMOUNT MAY BE ALLOWED AS TO THAT ITEM NOR FOR THE GASOLINE AND OIL USED IN OPERATING THAT TRUCK.

ACCORDINGLY, A SETTLEMENT FOR $105.57 WILL ISSUE TO YOU IN DUE COURSE.

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