
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
PROPOSALS FOR GASOLINE 
All specifications hereafter used in soliciting proposals for 
gasoline should contain the following paragraph: 
"IMPORTANT CONDITION 
"A bidder required by law to pay a State tax on gasoline 
must not quote this tax as a part of the sale price, but 
must quote a net price and state affirratively that _tax_ is 
not_included_in the price quoted; otherwise, bid will not 
Derconsidered." (P. 5S. & T.,dated May 5, 1930). 
TRAVELING EXPENSES, DIVISION OF--GASOLINE AND OIL 
; “An employee of the Government, while traveling in an automobile 
on official business, accompanied by other employees not in a duty status 
may be reimbursed only his pro rata share of the cost of gasoline and oil 
consumed." (Comp. Gen. Dec. A-30415, vol. 9, page 331.) 
EXPRESS SHIPMENTS NOT MADE ON GOVERNMENT BILL OF LADING 
Subsequent to the issuance of P. B. A. Circular No. 147, "Discon- 
tinuance of charge slips for express shipments," it became apparent that 
despite effort to universalize the Government bill-of-lading form for this 
class of transportation there would be an irreducible number of express 
consignments at Department expense forwarded to offices, agencies, or 
employees of the Department without the execution at origin of the. bilieor 
lading, Standard Form 1058. This situation was placed before the Comp- 
troller General with request that he issue instructions in consequence. 
His response, A-24222, of May 17, 1930, directs the following pro- 
cedure; 
Where it is impossible to secure the use of the standard 
forms of Government bill of lading by cooperators, collab- 
orators, vendors or others supplying the Department with 
information, the papers evidencing the contract of shipment, 
such as the company's delivery record of Government ship- 
ment or a commercial bill of lading, should be attached to 
Standard Form No. 1058, original bill of lading, identify- 
ing them briefly with each other, and executing the "Con- 
signee's Certificate of Delivery" printed on the face of 
such standard form. Where necessary the form of "Report 
of Loss, Damage or Shrinkage" printed on the reverse of 
the standard form should also be filled out and signed. A 
memorandum record of the transaction may be maintained by 
the use of Standard Form 1058a--Memorandum copy of bill of 
lading. 
