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Z-4623 HEiDEAKDUM IN EE USE OF GOVZREMENT TRANSPORTATION REQUESTS; The G e n e r a l A c c o u n t i n g O f f i c e h a s r e v i s e d t h e form o f Government t r a n s p o r t a t i o n r e q u e s t now i n u s e and i s s u e d new r e g u l a t i o n s r e g a r d i n g same. The f o l l o w i n g i n s t r u c t i o n s a r e "based t h e r e o n ; 1 . A l l u n u s e d r e q u e s t s of t h e o l d s e r i e s mast be t u r n e d i n p r i o r t o J u n e 30, 1926. They w i l l n o t "be h o n o r e d a f t e r t h a t d a t e . 2 . The new f o r m o f r e q u e s t i s p r o v i d e d i n p r o g r e s s i v e l y numbered "books t h a t w i l l c a r r y "blanks i n m u l t i p l e s of 5 t o which s e r i a l l e t t e r s have "been a s s i g n e d a s f o l l o w s : A - "books c o n t a i n i n g B " " C " " 5 "blanks 10 " 25 " D - " " 50 " E - " " 100 " A s u p p l y of "books A, B and 0 h a v e been o b t a i n e d and a r e now i n t h e o f f i c e of t h e F i s c a l Agent. 3 . Each t r a v e l e r i s t o be s u p p l i e d w i t h a n i d e n t i f i c a t i o n c a r d f o r u s e when o b t a i n i n g t r a n s p o r t a t i o n on a Government r e q u e s t . 4 . Books c o n t a i n i n g 5 r e q u e s t s or m u l t i p l e s t h e r e o f may be i s s u e d i n b l a n k t o t r a v e l e r s a s may be r e q u i r e d , and when so i s s u e d , t h e t r a v e l e r w i l l s i g n them a l s o a s i s s u i n g o f f i c e r . The name and t i t l e of t h e p e r s o n t o vtiiom i s s u e d and t h e numbers i n t h e book w i l l a p p e a r on t h e f i r s t t a b u l a t i o n s h e e t . 5 . The o r i g i n a l r e q u e s t s h o u l d be s i g n e d by t h e t r a v e l e r i n h i s own bona f i d e h a n d w r i t i n g when t h e t r a n s p o r t a t i o n or t i c k e t f o r same h a s been f u r n i s h e d . Both forms s h o u l d be c o m p l e t e d by t y p e w r i t e r , i n d e l i b l e p e n c i l or pen and a l e g i b l e c a r b o n mast a l w a y s be s e c u r e d . 6 . When a t r a v e l e r s i g n s a r e q u e s t b o t h a s i s s u i n g o f f i c e r and t r a v e l e r , t h e c a r r i e r w i l l r e q u i r e him t o e x h i b i t t h e book from which t h e r e q u e s t was t a k e n i n o r d e r t o a s c e r t a i n t h e name of t h e p e r s o n t o whom s u c h book was i s s u e d and w i l l t h e n r e q u i r e him t o e s t a b l i s h h i s i d e n t i t y by t h e o f f i c i a l c a r d p r o v i d e d f o r t h e p u r p o s e a s t h e p e r s o n t o whom t h e book was i s s u e d . 7 . R e q u e s t s w i l l n o t b e u s e d where t h e v a l u e of t h e t r a n s p o r t a t i o n i s l e s s t h a n one d o l l a r ( $ 1 . 0 0 ) . 8 . The v a l u e of t h e t r a n s p o r t a t i o n s h o u l d be p l a i n l y marked on t h e c a r b o n c o p y and t h e c a r b o n copy f o r w a r d e d t o t h e Board a t t h e e a r l i e s t opportunity a f t e r i t s use. B l a n k s a r e p r o v i d e d f o r t h e p u r p o s e of k e e p i n g a r e c o r d of r e q u e s t s i s s u e d . X-4623 - 2 - 9 . S e m i a n n u a l r e p o r t s a r e t o "be made "by t h e Board t o t h e T r e a s u r y D e p a r t m e n t on June 30 and December 3 1 of e a c h y e a r , and e a c h p e r s o n h a v i n g i n h i s p o s s e s s i o n a hook of r e q u e s t s s h o u l d send a d e s c r i p t i o n of same t o t h e F i s c a l Agent of t h e B o a r d , g i v i n g t h e numbers of t h e r e q u e s t s r e m a i n i n g u n u s e d . 1 0 . C a n c e l l e d r e q u e s t s , t o g e t h e r w i t h t h e c a r b o n s s h o u l d he f o r w a r d e d t o t h e F i s c a l Agent of t h e B o a r d . W. M. IMLAY F i s c a l Agent.
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