UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD MERCHANT FLEET CORPORATION Office of chief of investigations, General Accounting Office; volume and classes of 1 Receipts represented by, amounted to $15,560,740.43. Disbursements represented by, amounted to Number of vouchers involved, 17,918. Disbursements represented by, amounted to $47,020,622.78. Disbursements represented by vouchers excepted to.. Collections by United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation of items to Clearances by cancellation, adjustments, etc.. 3,454 $9,672, 905.86 $27, 553. 37 CLAIMS Claims and records divisions, General Accounting Office; volume of claims settled by, during 1932 1 Includes 3,168 civil claims in process of development in the records division. 2 Includes 3,145 service claims in process of development in the records division. Review examining unit, claims division, General Accounting Office; volume of cases 1 These cases involve calls for reports by the Attorney General in suits filed in Court of Claims involving 2 An increase of 1,788 over 1931. Preliminary section, records division, General Accounting Office; volume disposed of during 1932 Mail, pieces handled.. Names indexed.... Calls for military histories prepared and transmitted_ 211, 707 81, 604 7, 467 3. 164 Effects unit, records division, General Accounting Office; volume disposed of by, during 1932 This unit receives, cares for, and disposes of the effects left by American citizens dying within consulates. TRANSPORTATION Claims division, General Accounting Office; summary of work of transportation settling section during 1932 (additional to preaudit work) Post Office Department division, General Accounting Office-Federal indebtedness of common carriers to the United States Railroad Administration or under transportation act of 1920, as amended, collected or withheld during the period July 1, 1931, to June 30, 1932, from payments otherwise due said carriers for the transportation of the mails Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad Co.-- Total. 301, 745. 30 2, 779. 62 304, 524. 92 COLLECTIONS BY GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE FROM COMMON CARRIERS OF INDEBTEDNESS TO THE UNITED STATES Indebtedness was collected by the General Accounting Office from common carriers during 1932, amounting to $51,060.04, as follows: Through claims division, transportation settling section By the application of freight and passenger earn ings to indebtedness (with consent of carriers) 1 $1, 512. 84 Through Post Office Department division 29, 928. 31 By offsets from amounts otherwise due for transportation of the mails, and payment thereof to the Treasurer of the United States toward the liquidation of indebtedness to United States Railroad Administration, or under the transportation act of 1920, as amended__. Total... $31, 441. 15 19, 618. 89 51, 060. 04 TRANSPORTATION OF MAILS Stated from July 1, 1931, to June 30, 1932; audited by Post Office Department division of the General Accounting Office] 1 In addition, payments of earnings were withheld on account of said indebtedness at close of 1932 of $136,381.06. (See p. 73.) PREAUDIT Claims division, General Accounting Office, transportation claims preaudited by, On hand June 30, 1931... On hand June 30, 1932.. during 1932 AMOUNTS INVOLVED IN ABOVE PREAUDITED CLAIMS Audit division, General Accounting Office, voucher, claims, etc., preaudited by, during 1932 1 Departments, bureaus, and establishments thus indicated are submitting only occasional vouchers of a doubtful character for audit and certification in advance of payment. Others not so indicated or otherwise stated are submitting all vouchers for preaudit, except pay rolls for personal services. +94 Audit division, General Accounting Office, vouchers, claims, etc., preaudited by, during 1932-Continued 1 Departments, bureaus, and establishments thus indicated are submitting only occasional vouchers of a doubtful character for audit and certification in advance of payment. Others not so indicated or otherwise stated are submitting all vouchers for preaudit, except pay rolls for personal services. 2 For disbursements made from the 1930 appropriation. |