B-125302, OCT. 16, 1956

B-125302, OCT. 16, 1956

TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL:

TRANSMITTED HEREWITH FOR USE IN EFFECTING COLLECTION AS PRESCRIBED IN SECTION 3624, REVISED STATUTES, AS AMENDED, 31 U.S.C. 505, IS A TRANSCRIPT FROM THE BOOKS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE SHOWING A CERTIFIED BALANCE OF $8,556.57 DUE THE UNITED STATES FROM FRED B. INGRAM, FORMER COUNTY SUPERVISOR, FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION, SEMINOLE COUNTY, WITH HEADQUARTERS AT WEWOKA, OKLAHOMA, UNDER HIS BOND DATED APRIL 4, 1941, IN THE PENAL SUM OF $7,400, ON WHICH THE UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY, WOODWARD BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D.C., IS SURETY.

THE TRANSCRIPT COMPRISES IN PERTINENT PART (1) A CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF THE DEBITS AND CREDITS OF THE FORMER COUNTY SUPERVISOR'S ACCOUNTS WITH THE UNITED STATES, AND (2) A BILL OF PARTICULARS, THE LATTER SHOWING THE PUBLIC FUNDS CHARGEABLE TO THE DEBTOR FOR WHICH HE PROPERLY HAS FAILED TO ACCOUNT, THE AMOUNTS CREDITED IN PARTIAL LIQUIDATION THEREOF, AND THE COMPUTATION OF THE BALANCE FOUND TO BE DUE THE UNITED STATES. THE BILL OF PARTICULARS SHOWS JULY 1, 1956, AS THE DATE TO WHICH INTEREST HAS BEEN COMPUTED ON THE INDEBTEDNESS BY OUR OFFICE.

ALSO ENCLOSED ARE (1) A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE DEBTOR'S BOND DATED APRIL 4, 1941; (2) AN INVESTIGATION REPORT OF THE FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION DATED OCTOBER 12, 1951, SHOWING IN DETAIL THE FACTS OF THE CASE; (3) COPIES OF A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT DATED NOVEMBER 16, 1954, BY THE OFFICE OF BUDGET AND FINANCE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, AND (4) UNCERTIFIED COPIES OF EACH OF THE DOCUMENTS COMPRISING THE OFFICE TRANSCRIPT. OF THESE DOCUMENTS, IT IS REQUESTED THAT ONLY THE INVESTIGATION REPORT DATED OCTOBER 12, 1951, BE RETURNED TO OUR OFFICE AFTER IT HAS SERVED ITS PURPOSE IN YOUR DEPARTMENT, NO COPY THEREOF BEING AVAILABLE HERE.

RETIREMENT ANNUITY PAYMENTS OTHERWISE DUE MR. INGRAM, IN THE AMOUNT OF $142 PER MONTH, CURRENTLY ARE BEING SET OFF AGAINST THE INDEBTEDNESS, FIRST IN LIQUIDATION OF INTEREST AND THEN OF THE PRINCIPLE AMOUNT DUE. SEE, IN THIS CONNECTION, YOUR FILE WEB:ALM 51-16 211.

WITH RESPECT TO THE SURETY'S REQUEST IN EFFECT THAT COLLECTION ACTION BE HELD IN ABEYANCE DURING THE PERIOD THE RETIREMENT ANNUITY PAYMENTS ARE BEING APPLIED IN LIQUIDATION OF THE INDEBTEDNESS, IT APPEARS THAT, IF REQUIRED, SUIT PROMPTLY SHOULD BE FILED IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE GOVERNMENT'S INTEREST. HOWEVER, OUR OFFICE WOULD NOT OBJECT TO THE DEFERMENT OF FURTHER ACTION IN SUCH SUIT, FOR A REASONABLE TIME, IF REQUESTED BY THE DEBTOR.

SUBMISSION OF COMPLETE INFORMATION CONCERNING THE CLOSING OF YOUR FILES RELATING TO ANY OF THE ITEMS INVOLVED IN THIS MATTER BECAUSE OF COLLECTION IN FULL, ACCEPTANCE OF AN OFFER IN COMPROMISE, OR BECAUSE OF ABANDONMENT OF COLLECTION PROCEEDINGS, TO THE CLAIMS DIVISION OF OUR OFFICE, WILL BE APPRECIATED.

YOUR DEPARTMENT PROMPTLY WILL BE ADVISED AS TO ANY CREDIT ALLOWED BY OUR OFFICE IN THE ACCOUNTS OF THE FORMER AGENT OFFICER.