B-125834, DEC. 26, 1956
Highlights
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER. CERTIFICATION OF THE VOUCHER FOR PAYMENT WAS NOT AUTHORIZED IN B-125834. FOR THE REASONS THAT (1) EVIDENCE WAS LACKING TO SHOW THAT THE COST OF TRANSPORTING THE HOUSE TRAILER WAS INCREASED BY REASON OF THE HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND EFFECTS WHICH WERE CARRIED THEREIN. (2) FOR LACK OF INFORMATION OR PROOF SHOWING THAT ALL OF THE CLAIMANT'S EFFECTS WERE ACTUALLY SHIPPED TO THE NEW DUTY STATION AS CLAIMED. AS THE EVIDENCE NOW OF RECORD DISCLOSES THAT THE CLAIMANT'S EFFECTS WERE TRANSPORTED THE ENTIRE DISTANCE CLAIMED. YOU ARE AUTHORIZED TO CERTIFY THE VOUCHER FOR PAYMENT IF OTHERWISE CORRECT.
B-125834, DEC. 26, 1956
TO MR. MANLEY W. ALLEN, AUTHORIZED CERTIFYING OFFICER, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER, DATED NOVEMBER 16, 1956, FILE NO. F5023 -F, TRANSMITTING A VOUCHER IN THE AMOUNT OF $669.60 IN FAVOR OF ALVIN O. HURST, AN EMPLOYEE OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, FOR REIMBURSEMENT ON A COMMUTED BASIS OF EXPENSES COVERING THE TRANSPORTATION BY PRIVATELY OWNED HOUSE TRAILER OF 4,000 POUNDS OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND PERSONAL EFFECTS FROM BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, TO SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, PURSUANT TO CHANGE STATION ORDERS NO. 33-26, DATED JULY 15, 1955.
IN LINE WITH ESTABLISHED PRECEDENTS, CERTIFICATION OF THE VOUCHER FOR PAYMENT WAS NOT AUTHORIZED IN B-125834, DATED FEBRUARY 2, 1956, FOR THE REASONS THAT (1) EVIDENCE WAS LACKING TO SHOW THAT THE COST OF TRANSPORTING THE HOUSE TRAILER WAS INCREASED BY REASON OF THE HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND EFFECTS WHICH WERE CARRIED THEREIN, AND (2) FOR LACK OF INFORMATION OR PROOF SHOWING THAT ALL OF THE CLAIMANT'S EFFECTS WERE ACTUALLY SHIPPED TO THE NEW DUTY STATION AS CLAIMED.
AS THE EVIDENCE NOW OF RECORD DISCLOSES THAT THE CLAIMANT'S EFFECTS WERE TRANSPORTED THE ENTIRE DISTANCE CLAIMED, AND THAT THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE LOADED TRAILER RESULTED IN AN ADDED COST OVER THAT FOR MOVING THE EMPTY VEHICLE, YOU ARE AUTHORIZED TO CERTIFY THE VOUCHER FOR PAYMENT IF OTHERWISE CORRECT. SEE GENERALLY 34 COMP. GEN. 29; 32 ID. 541.