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B-154912, AUG. 26, 1964

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THE MEETING WAS HELD AT LANSING. FENTON'S OFFICIAL STATION AND THE COST OF ATTENDANCE AT THE CONFERENCE AS EVIDENCED BY THE RECEIPT ISSUED BY MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY WAS $12.50. FENTON WAS NOT REQUIRED TO PAY THE REGISTRATION FEE. IT HAS BEEN HELD THAT WHERE THE MEALS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN A REGISTRATION FEE. THE CONCLUSION IS WARRANTED THAT THE COST THEREOF MAY BE REIMBURSED ONLY IF THERE IS A SHOWING THAT MEALS WERE INCIDENTAL TO THE MEETING. WAS NECESSARY TO HIS FULL PARTICIPATION IN THE BUSINESS OF THE CONFERENCE AND THAT HE WAS NOT FREE TO PARTAKE OF HIS MEALS ELSEWHERE WITHOUT HAVING BEEN ABSENT FROM ESSENTIAL FORMAL DISCUSSIONS. A COPY OF WHICH IS ENCLOSED. THE COST OF THE MEAL WAS NOT SEVERABLE FROM THE REGISTRATION FEE AND THEREFORE THE LATTER CHARGE WAS FOUND TO BE ALLOWABLE.

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