B-146450, DEC. 13, 1961
Highlights
SHIPLEY ADVISED OUR OFFICE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TREASURY CHECK NO. 9351925. WHICH WAS DRAWN TO THE ORDER OF YOUR SISTER. THE GENERAL RULE IS THAT PAPERS. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE WE HAVE MADE PHOTOSTATIC COPIES OF THE CHECK FOR OUR RECORDS AND ARE RETURNING IT TO YOU. YOU WILL NOTE THAT IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH YOUR REQUEST AND TO INDICATE THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE NEGOTIATED WE HAVE HAD TYPED ACROSS THE FACE OF THE CHECK A NOTATION TO THE EFFECT THAT CLAIM FOR ITS PROCEEDS WAS DENIED BY OUR SETTLEMENT CERTIFICATE.
B-146450, DEC. 13, 1961
TO MR. G. E. HEMPHILL:
ON DECEMBER 1, 1961, CONGRESSMAN GEORGE E. SHIPLEY ADVISED OUR OFFICE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TREASURY CHECK NO. 9351925, DATED NOVEMBER 1, 1918, IN THE AMOUNT OF $22.83, WHICH WAS DRAWN TO THE ORDER OF YOUR SISTER, JENNIE HEMPHILL, RETURNED TO YOU. HE ASKED THAT WE RETURN THE CHECK TO YOU IF WE COULD DO SO UNDER OUR REGULATIONS. AS YOU KNOW, WE CONSIDERED YOUR CLAIM FOR THE PROCEEDS OF THIS CHECK AND BY SETTLEMENT CERTIFICATE Z-2110933, SEPTEMBER 15, 1961, WE DENIED YOUR CLAIM.
THE GENERAL RULE IS THAT PAPERS, DOCUMENTS, AND CHECKS SUBMITTED TO OUR OFFICE IN SUPPORT OF CLAIMS MUST BE RETAINED HERE AS THEY BECOME A PART OF OUR OFFICIAL RECORDS. HOWEVER, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE WE HAVE MADE PHOTOSTATIC COPIES OF THE CHECK FOR OUR RECORDS AND ARE RETURNING IT TO YOU. YOU WILL NOTE THAT IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH YOUR REQUEST AND TO INDICATE THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE NEGOTIATED WE HAVE HAD TYPED ACROSS THE FACE OF THE CHECK A NOTATION TO THE EFFECT THAT CLAIM FOR ITS PROCEEDS WAS DENIED BY OUR SETTLEMENT CERTIFICATE.