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B-113272-O.M. 1 (1953-05-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqjj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON 25 DIVISION OF AUDITS 95 Go rtroller Genera: n)ur urvey of the fi nncial eations of the Post Office Deart nt has disclosed expenditues in excess of 10ouits autrilzed .y the ngress to be us x clusively for the urcnase of tcks, trators an trailers, pir- .ant to the 1952 aropriation for postal operations. The ?oat Office eepartient Appropriation Act, 1952, 7uolla Law Il, appove Auautl l, 1951, contains an taro- siation for postal operationa, including a provision: s** $11,579,000 to be a i!able lusively for the pur- c ase of trucls, tractr and trailers ** .he eartment on Ast 27, 1951, allottad $I,59, for the purchase of vehiiles an )rders ere placed vith Gen- eral Servtces Administration for 5,925 trucks, 00 tractors ad 10 trailers. General Se2ves Adnstration awaed contracts to the lowest bidders an resentc ±ioices to the Departnt in the a rate ant of $11,579,333. The neral provisions incoported in the contracts provide in Section 10 (e) for an inease in the contract rice in the nt off a ition taxes imposed an the anuac tuer s :- sequent to the t dte. As a result of- an increase i v 1 the anfacuers' excise tax effective Aeeier 1, 1951, ai auth zed by the e Act of 1051, a Ttloa! obliatio s off $307,933 av been incure, increaigthe total obliga- tions to 41,3,32 or 40,321 in excess off te aL t specifed in the a riation act 'to be a lale exclu- sively for the purhae of trucks, tractors and trailers. leislatve hist of the cuen app riation limitation as its originn Ithe vehicle r ace et o zaton prof the Dartent which as b in i917. Upndeivery of th~e vehcles covered by the contracts awared inth fisa year 1952, the vhcle midernization pro gr1will have been cioplted. This progra provided for the relao mnt of all over-age trucks and the eXpasion of the Gove nnt-o wne vehicle service, ginnin with the fiscal yeja 193( the et estites and Justifications ittd by the Da nt state the tuck prnt pog ram in quantitative and i eta y ter=s,

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