B-123013, OCT. 10, 1955
Highlights
AUSTIN: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF AUGUST 7. AS YOU WERE ADVISED IN OUR LETTER OF APRIL 25. PROVIDES THAT ALL CLAIMS ON ACCOUNT OF ANY CHECKS APPEARING TO HAVE BEEN PAID SHALL BE BARRED IF NOT PRESENTED TO THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WITHIN SIX YEARS AFTER THE DATE OF ISSUANCE OF THE CHECKS INVOLVED. REGULATIONS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO LAW PROVIDE FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF PAID UNITED STATES CHECKS WHICH ARE OVER EIGHT YEARS OLD.
B-123013, OCT. 10, 1955
TO MRS. MERCEDES V. AUSTIN:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF AUGUST 7, 1955, REQUESTING PHOTOSTATIC COPIES OF VARIOUS RETIRED PAY CHECKS, ALL MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS OLD, ISSUED IN THE CASE OF YOUR LATE HUSBAND, JAMES J. AUSTIN, WARRANT OFFICER, UNITED STATES ARMY, RETIRED.
AS YOU WERE ADVISED IN OUR LETTER OF APRIL 25, 1955, B-123013, THE ACT OF JUNE 22, 1926, 44 STAT. 761, PROVIDES THAT ALL CLAIMS ON ACCOUNT OF ANY CHECKS APPEARING TO HAVE BEEN PAID SHALL BE BARRED IF NOT PRESENTED TO THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WITHIN SIX YEARS AFTER THE DATE OF ISSUANCE OF THE CHECKS INVOLVED. ALSO, REGULATIONS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO LAW PROVIDE FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF PAID UNITED STATES CHECKS WHICH ARE OVER EIGHT YEARS OLD. ACCORDINGLY, COPIES OF THE CHECKS IN QUESTION CANNOT BE FURNISHED.