B-45101, AUG 29, 1949
Highlights
BRINGS OUT A MATTER TO WHICH IT IS DEEMED ADVISABLE TO INVITE YOUR ATTENTION. WHICH IS REPORTED SUBSTANTIALLY AS FOLLOWS: UNDER DATE OF AUGUST 30. REVENUES RECEIVED BY THE CLUB FROM RIDING FEES FOR THE USE OF CLUB AND GOVERNMENT-OWNED MOUNTS ARE COMMINGLED. DEPOSITS OF SUCH FEES AND OTHER COLLECTIONS ARE MADE WITH THE NATIONAL BANK OF FORT SAM HOUSTON. IT APPEARS THAT THE FUNDS IN QUESTION HAVE BEEN COLLECTED THROUGH THE USE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY. ARE FOR THE USE OF THE UNITED STATES AND SHOULD BE DEPOSITED AND COVETED INTO THE TREASURY. REQUEST IS MADE THAT THIS BE DONE AND THAT SUBSEQUENT LIKE COLLECTIONS BE HANDLED IN A SIMILAR MANNER. ADVICE AS TO THE ACTION TAKEN WILL BE APPRECIATED.
B-45101, AUG 29, 1949
PRECIS-UNAVAILABLE
THE HONORABLE, THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
EXAMINATION BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THIS OFFICE OF THE RECORDS OF R. G. GIBBONS, MAJOR INFANTRY , SECRETARY AND TREASURER OF THE FORT SAM HOUSTON BOOTS AND SADDLE CLUB, FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEX., BRINGS OUT A MATTER TO WHICH IT IS DEEMED ADVISABLE TO INVITE YOUR ATTENTION, AND WHICH IS REPORTED SUBSTANTIALLY AS FOLLOWS:
UNDER DATE OF AUGUST 30, 1948, HEADQUARTERS FOURTH ARMY, FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEX., APPROVED THE CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS OF THE FORT SAM HOUSTON BOOTS AND SADDLE CLUB. REVENUES RECEIVED BY THE CLUB FROM RIDING FEES FOR THE USE OF CLUB AND GOVERNMENT-OWNED MOUNTS ARE COMMINGLED. DEPOSITS OF SUCH FEES AND OTHER COLLECTIONS ARE MADE WITH THE NATIONAL BANK OF FORT SAM HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO, TEX., TO THE CREDIT OF "BOOTS AND SADDLE CLUB". A FEE OR CHARGE OF $1 PER WEEK-END RIDE AND 75 CENTS PER WEEKDAY RIDE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. RECORDS INDICATE THAT DURING THE PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 10, 1946, THROUGH JANUARY 26, 1949, RIDING REVENUES RECEIVED BY THE CLUB ON ACCOUNT OF THE USE OF GOVERNMENT-OWNED HORSES AMOUNTED TO $516.
IT APPEARS THAT THE FUNDS IN QUESTION HAVE BEEN COLLECTED THROUGH THE USE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY. UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 3617, REVISED STATUTES, 31 U.S.C. 484, THESE MONEYS, IN THE ABSENCE OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ARE FOR THE USE OF THE UNITED STATES AND SHOULD BE DEPOSITED AND COVETED INTO THE TREASURY. ACCORDINGLY, REQUEST IS MADE THAT THIS BE DONE AND THAT SUBSEQUENT LIKE COLLECTIONS BE HANDLED IN A SIMILAR MANNER.
ADVICE AS TO THE ACTION TAKEN WILL BE APPRECIATED.