JANUARY 4, 1924, 3 COMP. GEN. 402
Highlights
TRAVELING EXPENSES - TIPS IN ANTITIPPING STATES THE GIVING OF TIPS AT THE END OF AN INTERSTATE JOURNEY TERMINATING IN GEORGIA BEING CONTRARY TO THE LAWS OF THAT STATE IS NOT A NECESSARY TRAVELING EXPENSE AND IS NOT REIMBURSABLE. 1924: I HAVE YOUR LETTER OF DECEMBER 17. REQUESTING DECISION WHETHER PAYMENT IS AUTHORIZED OF A VOUCHER FOR 25 CENTS STATED IN FAVOR OF JOHN KNOX ARNOLD. PROVIDES THAT PAYMENT OF TRAIN PORTERAGE FEE IS NOT PERMITTED IN STATES HAVING ANTITIPPING LAWS. OF WHICH GEORGIA IS ONE AS SHOWN BY AMENDMENT TO TRAVEL REGULATIONS UNDER DATE OF FEBRUARY 8. THE FACT THAT PAYMENT WAS MADE AT THE END OF AN INTERSTATE JOURNEY IS NOT CONTROLLING. THE PAYMENT WAS UNLAWFUL WHERE MADE AND THEREFORE NOT A LAWFUL AND NECESSARY EXPENSE OF TRAVEL AND HENCE NOT REIMBURSABLE.
JANUARY 4, 1924, 3 COMP. GEN. 402
TRAVELING EXPENSES - TIPS IN ANTITIPPING STATES THE GIVING OF TIPS AT THE END OF AN INTERSTATE JOURNEY TERMINATING IN GEORGIA BEING CONTRARY TO THE LAWS OF THAT STATE IS NOT A NECESSARY TRAVELING EXPENSE AND IS NOT REIMBURSABLE.
COMPTROLLER GENERAL MCCARL TO A. N. ROSS, DISBURSING CLERK, FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, JANUARY 4, 1924:
I HAVE YOUR LETTER OF DECEMBER 17, 1923, REQUESTING DECISION WHETHER PAYMENT IS AUTHORIZED OF A VOUCHER FOR 25 CENTS STATED IN FAVOR OF JOHN KNOX ARNOLD, AN EMPLOYEE OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, BEING FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF A FEE PAID BY MR. ARNOLD TO A PULLMAN PORTER WHILE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
PARAGRAPH 17 OF THE TRAVEL REGULATIONS OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1918, PROVIDES THAT PAYMENT OF TRAIN PORTERAGE FEE IS NOT PERMITTED IN STATES HAVING ANTITIPPING LAWS, OF WHICH GEORGIA IS ONE AS SHOWN BY AMENDMENT TO TRAVEL REGULATIONS UNDER DATE OF FEBRUARY 8, 1919 (SECRETARY'S ORDER NO. 36).
THE STATE STATUTE MAKES THE ITEM IN QUESTION AN UNNECESSARY AND UNLAWFUL EXPENSE AND REIMBURSEMENT CAN NOT BE ALLOWED, ONLY ACTUAL AND NECESSARY TRAVELING EXPENSES BEING REIMBURSABLE. SEE 22 COMP. DEC., 397. THE FACT THAT PAYMENT WAS MADE AT THE END OF AN INTERSTATE JOURNEY IS NOT CONTROLLING. THE PAYMENT WAS UNLAWFUL WHERE MADE AND THEREFORE NOT A LAWFUL AND NECESSARY EXPENSE OF TRAVEL AND HENCE NOT REIMBURSABLE.
YOU ARE ADVISED THAT PAYMENT OF THE VOUCHER RETURNED HEREWITH IS NOT AUTHORIZED.