UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
ADDRESS REPLY TO 
CHiEF, BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY, 
AND REFER TO 
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Alex« \7etmore April 12, 1920# 
Mr, Alex. Wetmore, 
Assistant JBiologist, 
Bureau of Biological Survey# 
Dear Sir: 
I am today passing in the sum of fl#06 voucher in favor of 
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W. J. Trautwein, covering purchases under your letter of authorization 
ITo. 292»^£I, submitted in the sum of fl»80: disallowance, amounting to 
• 75, being on account of 6 bottles of v/ater at fl«50 per dozen. 
I regret that the Comptroller of the Treasury has repeatedly 
ruled that ^'^ater may not be purchased in the absence of a showing that 
the city water supply available has been declared unwholesome by proper 
health authorities. 
Veiy truly yours. 
