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A-28051, page 65: Contrasts - Delays — Actual Damages. 
"Where the advertisement for bids had informed prospective bidders 
that time of delivery would be considered an important factor in 
making the award and a higher bidder was awarded the contract be— 
cause it proposed to make delivery within a shorter period of time 
than the low bidder, and the contractor was delayed in delivery, 
there will be deducted from the contract price a proportionate 
amount of the difference between the low bid and the accepted bid 
based on the ratio between the number of days delay in making de- 
livery to the difference in time stated in the accepted figure and 
the low figure. 
A-28794, page 147: Transportation — Household Effests of Civi"- 
ian Employees Changing Station. 
Sunder the Act of Feb. 20, 1929, 45 Stat. 1245, 1246, a physician 
of the U. S. Veterans' Bureau, who stored his household effects ina 
neighboring city while absent from his permanent station on tempo— 
rary duty, may have such effects shipped at Government expense from 
such place of storage to his new permanent station to which he may 
subsequently be ordered, provided that the expenses incident to 
such shipment do not exceed what it would have cost to have made 
the shipment direct from the old permanent station to the new 
permanent station. 
A-28853, page 151: Transportation — Mileage Books. 
"In cases where continuous travel between places but a short dis— 
tance apart is involved and a substantial saving or convenience to 
the Government will result, the purchase of mileage books not in 
excess of the current needs is authorized under par. 34 of the 
Standardized Government Travel Regulations, such purchase not being 
in contravention of sec. 3648 of the Revised Statutes. 
A~28946, page 154: Contracts — Leases — Payments to Exe outors 
or Administrators. 
"Hereafter, vouchers executed in the name of an executor or ad— 
ministrator of an estate calling for payment under a contract or 
lease with the United States will be supported by a statement there— 
on to the effect that the executor or administrator continues to so 
act with the approval of the court in the administration of the 
estate. 
A-26998, page 160: Contrasts — Rescission — Mistake in Bid. 
"Where it is clearly established that a contractor made a mistake 
in the submission of its bid, to which the attention of the con- 
tracting officer was invited before the signing of the contract or 
the beginning of performance thereunder, the contract may be re- 
scinded and the bidder released from any obligation thereunder. 
A-26947, page 161: Contracts — Discounts. 
"where the contract provided that payments were to be made by tne 
