REVIVING CONTRACT.
See RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS, No. 7.
See CUSTOMS SERVICE, Nos. 2, 3, 5, 6.
RULE OF COURT.
See CLERKS, UNITED STATES COURTS, No. 1; COMMISSIONERS.
SALARIES.
See APPROPRIATIONS, No. 7; COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY, No. 1;
CONGRESS, No. 2; CONSULAR OFFICERS, No. 3; DECEASED EM-
PLOYEES, Nos. 1, 2, 3; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, No. 3; INDIAN
TERRITORY; JURISDICTION OF ACCOUNTING OFFICERS, No. 11;
Office and OFFICER; PUBLIC MONEYS, No. 1.
See CLERKS, UNITED STATES COURTS, No. 12; NAVY, No. 8.
SEA PAY.
See NAVY, Nos. 1, 2, 13, 14.
See OFFICE AND Officer, Nos. 5, 6, 9.
SESSION CLERKS.
See CONGRESS, No. 3.
See HOT SPRINGS RESERVATION.
See NATIONAL HOME, D. V. S., Nos. 3, 4; PACIFIC RAILROADS,
Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.
SHIPS OF WAR.
See NAVAL MILITIA.
SHORE DUTY.
See NAVY, Nos. 1, 2, 13, 14.
SHORTEST ROUTE.
See MILEAGE.
See COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY, No. 6; MEDICAL ATTENDANCE,
Nos. 1, 2, 3; NAVY, Nos. 1, 3, 7; PENSIONER'S EXPENSES.
See DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, No. 6.
See LIGHT-HOUSE ESTABLISHMENT, No. 4.
SLEEPING-CAR BERTH.
See COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY, No. 9; MARINE CORPs, No. 3.
SMUGGLING.
See CUSTOMS SERVICE, Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
SPEAKER'S CERTIFICATE.
See JURISDICTION OF ACCOUNTING OFFICERS, No. 11,
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION.
See COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY, No. 1.
SPECIFIC APPROPRIATION.
See APPROPRIATIONS, Nos. 4, 10.
STATE MILITIA.
See NAVAL MILITIA.
STATE PRACTICE.
See COSTS IN STATE COURT, No. 2.
STATE SURVEYS.
See COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY, No. 13.
STATE TROOPS.
See BOUNTY.
STATIONERY.
See CONTRACTS, No. 4.
STATUTES, REPEALED.
See MARSHALS, No. 8.
STEAM TUG.
See APPROPRIATIONS, No. 12.
See BOND, No. 3; INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, No. 1.
SUBSCRIPTIONS.
See APPROPRIATIONS, No. 15.
1. The words "exclusive of subsistence," when used in connection
with traveling expenses, are held to exclude all hotel expenses,
rooms, and lodgings, as well as meals, unless the language in the
appointment or orders, or the circumstances in the case, are
such as to indicate that the word "subsistence" is used in its
more limited sense. 497.
2. The appropriation for per diem in lieu of subsistence and cost of
transportation of employees of the Department of Labor can not
be used to pay the expense for travel and subsistence of persons
not in the service of the Department who may be summoned by
the Commissioner to come to Washington for consultation. 587.
See COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY, Nos. 4, 14; COMMUTATION OF
RATIONS, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4; MARINE CORPS, No. 4; NAVY, No. 3;
POSTAL SERVICE, No. 4.
The appropriation in the act of March 2, 1895, for the payment of
bounty on sugar produced prior to the date of the repeal of the
bounty provisions of the act of October 1, 1890, is not an appro-
priation of publie money for a public purpose within the powers
granted to Congress in the Constitution. 98.
See JURISDICTION OF ACCOUNTING OFFICERS, No. 5.
See APPROPRIATIONS, No. 17; COSTS IN STATE COURT, Nos. 1, 2.
SURETIES.
See CONTRACTS, No. 18; JURISDICTION OF ACCOUNTING OFFICERS,
No. 3.
1. A contract for the survey of the public lands, signed by the deputy
surveyor July 13, 1882, by the surveyor-general October 20, 1884,
"nunc pro tunc for August 7, 1882," and approved by the Com-
missioner of the General Land Office October 30, 1884, is effective
only from the date of approval. (1 Comp. Dec., 321.) The lia-
bility of the United States under the contract is limited to the
mileage rates prescribed in the appropriation for the fiscal year
1884. 557.
2. As the General Land Office is charged with the duty of ascertain-
ing the facts in relation to public surveys and is especially quali-
fied for such duty, the accounting officers, in the absence of
conclusive proof to the contrary, are not justified in overruling
the conclusions of said office. 614.
TAXATION OF COSTS.
See CLERKS, UNITED STATES COURTS, No. 11.
Where no directions are given that the bond-aided telegraph line be
used in the transmission of a message and no proof is furnished
that such line was actually used, the telegraph company first
receiving the message is entitled to payment. 413.
See CIRCULAR IN APPENDIX.
If an appropriation is available for the rental of a telephone, the ques-
tion whether it is a necessary convenience for the transaction of
the public business is one for the decision of the officer under
whose direction the appropriation is placed and not of the ac-
counting officers. 397.
The appropriation for incidental and contingent expenses of the Terri-
tory of Alaska is not available for the payment of the expenses of
the governor on a trip to Washington, such expenses not being
incurred in the performance of his official duties. 446.
See EXPENSES of District JUDGES, No. 1; INDIAN TERRITORY
TRANSFER OF FREIGHT.
See PACIFIC RAILROADS, No. 7.
1. When the United States enters into contract relations with its citi-
zens, it subjects itself to the same rules of right and justice which
govern dealings between individuals. 405.
2. Whenever a transportation order” has been issued by a proper
officer of the Government in the transaction of public business
and transportation has been furnished thereon, the United States
is legally bound to pay for the same, in accordance with the
reasonable interpretation of said "order." 405.
3. The well-understood usage prevailing among railroad companies in
the United States is that they issue "limited" tickets to ordinary
travelers, unless "unlimited" tickets are especially called for.
In recognition of this usage, the "transportation orders" issued
by the several officers of the Government will be held to call for
"limited" tickets only, except in cases where some other kind of
tickets is specially demanded. 405.
4. An officer furnished with "transportation orders" which assure
him carriage by the ordinary route of travel is not at liberty to
select some other route, for his own convenience, and then claim
reimbursement of cost of travel. 472.
5. The act of June 16, 1874, providing that no credit shall be allowed
for payment or allowances for travel in excess of the amount
actually paid, operates as a bar to the payment of “mileage,"
even though, as a matter of law, the claim may be valid. 472.
See PACIFIC RAILROADS.
TRANSPORTATION OF THE NAVY.
See NAVY, No. 4.
TRAVEL PAY.
1. An officer discharged by acceptance of his resignation to enable
him to accept a civil appointment is discharged for his own con-
venience, and is not entitled to travel pay. 252.
2. When an officer receives an honorable discharge upon his resigna-
tion tendered at the request of his superior officer who formally
recommends that he be discharged for the good of the service as
incompetent, it is an involuntary discharge and not by way of
punishment for an offense. Under these circumstances the officer
is entitled to traveling allowances as provided in the act of Jan-
uary 29, 1813 (2 Stat., 794; section 1289, Rev. Stat.).
424.
3. As a general rule, when an officer is honorably discharged on his
resignation tendered on the ground of physical disability, he
must be regarded as involuntarily discharged, and entitled to
traveling allowances, as provided in the act of January 29, 1813
(2 Stat., 794; section 1289, Rev. Stat.). 476.
4. Where, however, it affirmatively appears that the disability existed
when the officer entered the service, or was caused by his own
misconduct after he entered the service, the rule aforesaid can
not apply, and traveling allowances should be denied. 476.
5. The discharge of an officer to enable him to accept an appointment
in a higher grade in another regiment, the services being sub-
stantially continuous, is not a final discharge, and does not entitle
him to travel pay. On his final discharge only is he entitled to
traveling allowances to the place where he was originally enrolled
or appointed in his first service. 504.
See COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY, Nos. 7, 8, 9; EXPENSES OF
DISTRICT JUDGES, Nos. 1, 2; INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Nos.
1, 2; POSTAL SERVICE, Nos. 4, 6; PUBLIC BUILDINGS, No. 5;
RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS, No. 6; SUBSISTENCE, No. 2;
TRAVEL PAY.
TRUST FUNDS.
See INDIANS, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
UNITED STATES COURTS.
See APPROPRIATIONS, No. 10; CLERKS, UNITED STATES COURTS;
COMMISSIONERS; DISTRICT ATTORNEYS; EXPENSES OF DISTRICT
JUDGES; MARSHALS.
1. The accounting officers of the Treasury have no jurisdiction to
settle claims for unliquidated damages arising from the torts of
the agents of the Government. 174.
2. Where an officer hires a boat in making preliminary examinations
in connection with river and harbor work, and the same is lost
in such work, without fault or negligence on the part of the offi-
cer, by an inevitable accident, it is a case of locatio rei, and under
the law of bailments the United States are not liable for the
value of the property lost in the absence of a contract assuming
such responsibility. 332.
3. The jurisdiction of the accounting officers is limited to claims
arising on contracts express or implied and does not extend to a
claim for unliquidated damages, even though such claim does not
arise from the tort of an officer of the Government. 487.
VETERAN BOUNTY.
See BOUNTY.
VOLUNTARY SERVICE.
See WRECKS.
|