SUGGESTIONS TO TRAVELERS. 
Don’t exceed $5.00 a day for meals, lodging, bath, and 
waiter fees, the latter not to exceed 30 cents. 
Don’t exceed 25 cents a day for porter fees on sleeping cars. 
Don’t exceed 10 cents for porter fees on parlor or chair cars. 
Don’t exceed $1.25 a week for laundry; 20 cents for each 
additional day. Don’t bring forward charges for laundry from 
previous account. 
Don’t exceed 10 cents for porter fees at stations or hotels. 
Don’t charge for hotel porter except on arrival and de- 
parture. 
Don’t exceed 10 cents for checking personal baggage. 
Don’t exceed 50 cents for transfer of self and 50 cents for 
transfer of baggage between hotels and stations. 
Don’t purchase railroad tickets when transportation requests 
can be used, unless distance is less than 100 miles. A charge 
for cash railroad or Pullman fare must show starting point and 
destination. 
Don't incur ANY expense not covered by letter of authority. 
Subvouchers must be taken for lodging, special transporta- 
tion, personal services, express and freight shipments, and all 
purchases in excess of $1.50. 
Subvouchers for express shipments must show weight and 
contents of each shipment. 
The signature to a receipt must agree with name at top of 
subvoucher. In case of an incorporated or nonincorporated 
company, the full name and title of signer must be given. 
Render accounts once a month; include all expenses incurred 
during the month ; enter items in chronological order. 
Always state date and hour of departure and arrival. 
Give initials of railroad when cash fare is paid. 
Always state time, distance, terminal points, and rate when 
stage, carriage, or other special transportation is used. 
Enter waiter tips and street-car fares each aa\. 
Designate meals on trains as “ en route ;” the point at which 
any other meal, not included in hotel subvouchers, is taken, 
must be shown. 
Explain any apparent duplication of expense or any unusual 
expenditure. A. ZAPPONE, 
Chief, Division of Accounts, and Disbursing Clerk. 
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