DECEMBER 5, 1921, 1 COMP. GEN. 298
Highlights
IS AN INDIVIDUAL EXPENSE AND IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO BE PAID FROM GOVERNMENT FUNDS. CAR NO. 20 WAS PARKED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF DEADWOOD. A LABORER OF THE PARTY BEING FOUND TO HAVE SMALLPOX WAS REMOVED TO THE DETENTION HOSPITAL. THE CAR WAS FUMIGATED. ALL THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PARTY WERE VACCINATED BY ORDER OF THE CITY HEALTH AUTHORITIES. VOUCHER WAS STATED IN FAVOR OF THE CITY OF DEADWOOD AND WAS PAID. THE ITEM IN QUESTION WAS DISALLOWED FOR THE REASON THAT. VACCINATION OF AN EMPLOYEE IS AN EXPENSE RELATING TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO BE PAID UNDER GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATION.
DECEMBER 5, 1921, 1 COMP. GEN. 298
VACCINATION VACCINATION OF AN EMPLOYEE OF THE GOVERNMENT, UNDER REQUIREMENTS OF CITY OR STATE HEALTH REGULATIONS, IS AN INDIVIDUAL EXPENSE AND IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO BE PAID FROM GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
DECISION BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL MCCARL, DECEMBER 5, 1921:
W. M. LOCKWOOD, DISBURSING CLERK, INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION, APPLIED OCTOBER 18, 1921, FOR A REVIEW OF THE ACTION OF THE STATE AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS DIVISION OF THIS OFFICE IN DISALLOWING BY MISCELLANEOUS SETTLEMENT NO. 11122, DATED OCTOBER 1, 1921, CREDIT IN HIS ACCOUNTS FOR PAYMENT OF $8 TO CITY OF DEADWOOD, S.DAK. (VOUCHER NO. 14378, NOVEMBER, 1919), CHARGE FOR VACCINATING EIGHT MEN.
IT APPEARS THAT WHILE I.C.C. CAR NO. 20 WAS PARKED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF DEADWOOD, NOVEMBER 10, 1919, A LABORER OF THE PARTY BEING FOUND TO HAVE SMALLPOX WAS REMOVED TO THE DETENTION HOSPITAL, THE CAR WAS FUMIGATED, AND ALL THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PARTY WERE VACCINATED BY ORDER OF THE CITY HEALTH AUTHORITIES. FOR FUMIGATION OF THE CAR, $5, AND FOR THE EIGHT VACCINATIONS, $8, VOUCHER WAS STATED IN FAVOR OF THE CITY OF DEADWOOD AND WAS PAID.
THE ITEM IN QUESTION WAS DISALLOWED FOR THE REASON THAT, AS STATED IN A DECISION BY THE COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY, JANUARY 12, 1921, VACCINATION OF AN EMPLOYEE IS AN EXPENSE RELATING TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO BE PAID UNDER GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATION.