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BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
P. B. A. Circular No. 140, January 9, 1930. 
Express Bills of Lading and Charge Slips. 
Paragraph 93 of the Fiscal Regulations of the Department in the 
part dealing with payment by employees of express charges directs that 
the receipts taken show "articles, weight, rate, scale, number, starting 
‘point, destination, and value declared if any." The paragrarh is per-— 
haps incomplete in that it does not indicate that the same information, 
except rate and scale number where it is impracticable to obtain then, 
should invariably be entered on the bill of lading on charge slip. Omis-— 
sions by employees of the Department of some or all of these items have 
been repeatedly called to the attention of the Department by the general 
auditor of the Railway Express Agency, Inc. It should be borne in mind 
that in the General Accounting Office audit of the express agency's bills 
the description of article, weight, points between which shipped, and val- 
uation are rigorously checked against the bills of lading or charge slips, 
and the accounts can not be passed unless these items appear on the paper 
filled out by the Department officer. Delayed settlements, correspondence, 
and the inconvenience of hunting up information when the transaction is 
no longer recent, can therefore be avoided by attention to this detail. 
The full cooperation in this matter of all members of the Depart— 
ment having to do with express shipments is requested. 
Duty of the Field Service of all Bureaus and Offices of the Depart— 
ment to Area Coordinators and Federal Business Associations 
(See Official Record, Vol. 9, No. 4, January 25, 1950, page 5.) 
Bulletin No. 107, Supplement No. 1, Office of the Chief Coordinator 
Shipments by Express 
(Sée Official Record, Vol. 9, No. 3, January Lo ye LOSOe Arava 
