B-159084: May 11, 1966

Occupies 388 feet of frontage on that portion of 36th Street that is to be paved. This paving is to be paid for by special tax bills assessed against all abutting property owners. Joseph that there is no authority for the Army to participate in the cost of the proposed improvement. It is long been the position of the United States that. In that decision we held: "It is a well settled rule that lan...

B-159084: Published: May 11, 1966. Publicly Released: May 11, 1966.

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO commented on whether the United States should pay a proposed municipal street assessment since an Army facility occupies some of the affected area. GAO advised that there is no statute or regulation that would authorize the United States to pay the street assessment...