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B-178723 1 (1973-06-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaadak0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 4 b. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATIEG WASHINGTON. D.CL 1- 4 1-178723 June 20, 1973 ,J Trl-atate Motor Transit' Co. P. O. Box 113 Joplin, Hissouri 64801 Attentions K. 3. Oordon fr* Vice Presidento Trafflt Gentleaenv Subjects Your Voucher No. 72053 In your letter of ebruary 26, 1973, with *nclosuresp to our Trauportation and Claims Division, you request review of the Division's action in returning to you your voucher Uo, 72-053 for $1,725.60 because the 3-year statute of liuttatioue In section 322 of the Transportation Act of 1940, as amended, 49 UIJ.C,A, 66 (/ (section 322), precluded the Division fron coasiderig it. In a letter dated Jcxuary 12p 1973, to your cosany, the ilivsion affirmed that action, & Voucher Ho 72,2053 Ls a claim for frair,ht charges for transporting a shipcznt of high explosives froi Bavnu Ay=y Depot, Illinois, to Fort Wolters, Texas, under Government bili of ladin& Ho. E-7094398, issued April 30, 1968. The ortginal Covermant bill of lnding apparently is lost and your voucher As supported by a Certificate %n Lieu of Lout Government Bill of Lading (CXL). The C. was issued by the Department am:the Army on June 25, 1971. The Certificate of Consignee on the CIL shows that the chipment was delivered at destiuation Hay 2, 1968, and the CIL's Certifieate And Wivar Dy Transportation Company was signed on behalf of your company on Jantary 13, 1972. You snt the voucher with its supporting papers to tho Dpartmact of the Army which forwarded it here where it was received Jauary 31, 1972. More than 3 years had elapsed since ay 2, 1968# when the shipment was delivered at destination, and tho Division returned the bill and supporting papers to you because under section 322 it wae precluded from considering the claiLm for freight charges ropresentcd by your voucher. Gogucn/pob oq~qqy

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