Hand Book of Railway Expenditures, Explaining in the Form of Specific Rules How the Labor, Material, Fuel, and Other Items of Expenditure Should Be Kept (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ... made to the repetition of signatures. 598. The rolls made at shops should be signed and sent to the proper officers on the second of each month, to be examined and vouched for by them, and sent forward to the accounting officer without delay. 599. The pay-rolls should be forwarded to the accounting officer at the very earliest practicable moment each month, as the accounts in his office are held in abeyance until the receipt of all the pay-rolls. 600. Each pay-roll should be properly bound, with good substantial wrapping paper, in the office where it is made, the name of the roll being legibly written on the cover. 601. The pay-rolls should not be folded, but should be sent forward in tin tubes, which should be provided by the stationer for that purpose. 602. THE TIME TICKET, OR CERTIFICATE OF WAGES DUE FOR SERVICES RENDERED. 603. A time ticket, or certificate of labor, embraces the particulars of the service performed by the person in whose name it is drawn. It should be filled up in exact accordance with the requirements of the blank. 604. In making time tickets, the following rules should be observed, viz.: 605. Time tickets should not be given except to persons leaving the employ of the company. 606. A time ticket should never contain the name of more than one person; i.e., a time ticket should be made for each person. 607. Time tickets should not be given for wages due Form 13, Appendix. deceased persons without first receiving the written direction of the proper officer of the company. 608. Time tickets should not be given after the pay-roll has been sent forward, without first advising with the local Treasurer or Paymaster, and receiving a written reply that the roll has been marked opposite the person's name," time given." 609. After such...