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Vol. 10, A-32676, pegs 57: Traveling Expenses — Leave of Absence — Ter— 
porary Duty. 
A civilian employee traveling under official orders from a place 
where he is on leave to a place not his headquarters for tem 
porary duty, and return, is entitled to reimbursement of the ex- 
penses of transportation and subsistence while en route and while 
on such temporary duty, where the place where he was on leave 
is nearer to the place of temporary duty than is the regular 
duty station. 
A-21625, page 72: Retirement — Uniform Retirement Date — Deduc— 
tions. 
Retirement deductions from the basic salary, pay, or compensa— 
tion should be made for the period between the date during a 
month an employee would otherwise have been retired, and the 
first day of the following month, which is the effective date of 
retirement under the provisions of the act of April 23, 1930, 
46 Stat. 253. 
Temporary Abode and Place of Duty. 
The expenses incurred by an employee while away from his perma-— 
nent station, in going from his hotel tohis place of duty and re— 
turning therefrom, are incident to subsistence and are included 
in the allowance authorized therefor. 
A-32996, page 100: Taxes — State — Gasoline R2sold to Govern— 
ment Employees. 
There is no authority for the payment of a State tax on gasoline 
sold to the United States, whether the gasoline be used for offi- 
cial Government business or for legally authorized resale to 
Government employees. 
A~33319 — Miscellaneous - Oct. 7, 1930. 
"Tn connection with the examination and settlement of fiscal ac- 
counts it has been observed by this office that many of the Federal 
departments and establishments are not fully availing themselves 
of the use of the standard forms of Government transportation 
request and Government bill of lading. 
"The use of the Government transportation request, Standard Forms 
Nos. 1028 - 1031, as prescribed by General Regulations No. 46 
and supplements thereto, should be extended wherever possible to 
transportation by all classes of recognized common carriers, in— 
cluding transportation by bus lines, stage lines and air lines, 
in conformity with decisions and regulations applicable thereto. 
"The use of the Government bill of lading, Standard Forms Nos. 
1058 — 1062, as prescribed by General Regulations No. 69, 
chould be similarly extended to shipments of freight and express 
by all classes of recognized common carriers, including trans— 
portation by auto-truck lines, stage lines, and air lines. 
"As the General Accounting Office maintains a complete file of 
tariffs of rates of common carriers, no delay should be experienced 
in the examination by this office of the transportation ac— 
counts, and by the extended utilization of the standard forms 
herein referred to the Government will be able to secure the 
benefit of the protection afforded by the special conditions 
contained thereon." 

