Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt does not understand why Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps sent him a $1,076.25 claim from Kent Mfg. Co. Meritt informs Lipps that he is supposed to pay for that claim, and that if the claim is to be paid through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Lipps must attach the appropriate vouchers.
Financial Affairs - Management
Use for discussion of bookkeeping and financial practices generally. When the topic is how or when financial paperwork was submitted, for example.
![Policies for Submitting Fiscal Claims Policies for Submitting Fiscal Claims](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b016_f04_00_0001_0.jpg?itok=Y3M6WmXm)
![Wire of $300 for Indian School Transportation Account Wire of $300 for Indian School Transportation Account](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b014_f02_102701_0003.jpg?itok=-mIyhneU)
Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt orders Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps to immediately wire $300 for the "Indian School Transportation, 1917" account. Lipps informs Meritt that he can spare the funds. Later, Meritt informs Lipps that allotment from that account is reduced "in the amount of $300."
![Request for Financial Report on Cost Per Pupil on Outing vs. in School Request for Financial Report on Cost Per Pupil on Outing vs. in School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b034_f06_00a_0001.jpg?itok=kCyZnr8E)
Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt tells Carlisle Indian School Superintendent to prepare a financial report on the cost of pupils while on outing compared to the cost while they're at the school.
![Costs of Pupils at School vs Outing Costs of Pupils at School vs Outing](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b029_f37_124194_0004.jpg?itok=ZgQPV6vz)
These materials include correspondence responding to a request for data comparing the costs of pupils who remain at the school versus those who are outing. Superintendent Lipps includes a copy of the July 1916 Carlisle Arrow (Vol. 13, No. 1) that includes a statistical Outing Report for the fiscal year ending June 1916.
![Decision from Comptroller of the Treasury Regarding Per Capita Costs for Schools Decision from Comptroller of the Treasury Regarding Per Capita Costs for Schools](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b011_f42_37199_0003.jpg?itok=ahTXlIhu)
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs send him a decision from the Comptroller of the Treasury regarding the per capita costs in Indian Schools.
Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt forwards Francis Jr. a copy of the Comptroller's opinion from March 15, 1917 and will…
![Rule Changes for Student Accounts Rule Changes for Student Accounts](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b015_f026_f44110_0002.jpg?itok=rFUhKTSW)
Acting Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke writes to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. regarding the changes on how the school and outing agents should report the amount of funds in individual students' accounts.
![Investing Carlisle Athletic Association and Restaurant Funds Investing Carlisle Athletic Association and Restaurant Funds](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b015_f028_f55678_0002.jpg?itok=tJcWJWOY)
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the Carlisle Athletic Association has $4,000 and the restaurant has nearly $1,000. He states that because these are "independent corporations," money from these two sources does not come directly to the superintendent and is instead deposited…
![Request for Information Regarding 1918 Fiscal Year Finances Request for Information Regarding 1918 Fiscal Year Finances](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b014_f03_63068_0002.jpg?itok=vgnrliR4)
Superintendent John Francis Jr. requests information from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding appropriations and funds for the 1918 fiscal year.
![$5,000 Fund for Increased Employee Compensation $5,000 Fund for Increased Employee Compensation](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b014_f04_64437_0002.jpg?itok=YtbXbChq)
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. acknowledges receipt of an Allotment of Funds and asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs if a $5,000 fund for increased employee compensation has to be included in the per capita cost per pupil.
Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt tells Francis not to include the fund in the…
![Current Balance of "Indian Moneys, Proceeds of Labor, Carlisle School" Account Current Balance of "Indian Moneys, Proceeds of Labor, Carlisle School" Account](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b015_f027_f44687_0002.jpg?itok=Vu5wZ5ST)
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs how much money is to the credit of "Indian Moneys, Proceeds of Labor, Carlisle School." Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt informs Francis Jr. that the account's balance is $2,326.50.
![Disposal of Outstanding Student Check Balances Disposal of Outstanding Student Check Balances](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b015_f031_f79538_0003.jpg?itok=zGbECHoE)
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that there are 25-30 small Individual Indian Money checks that were shipped 5-6 years ago and have never been cashed due to being lost, destroyed, or too low of an amount of money. He requests to remove the balances of these checks because he…
![Tuition Refund for Clifford Johnson Tuition Refund for Clifford Johnson](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b015_f033_f108153_0003.jpg?itok=TAP8dZgC)
This document contains correspondence concerning the collected tuition of Clifford Johnson, and a refund due to him.
![Disapproval of Claim for Shipping Coal Disapproval of Claim for Shipping Coal](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b016_f07_113493_0003.jpg?itok=3W97C81q)
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that Lynah & Read, coal suppliers, made a claim for $2.00 because B. & O. Railroad Company charged them for switching rails while the coal was sent to Carlisle. Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt informs Francis Jr. that the claim is an issue between the…
![Appropriation Request for Fiscal Year 1917 Appropriation Request for Fiscal Year 1917](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b014_f05_113459_0003.jpg?itok=F8x0wK43)
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs appropriates $108 from the "Indian Moneys Proceeds Labor, Carlisle School" account to pay for a 10% raise for three employees.
The next day Francis Jr. requests a $500 allotment from the "Miscellaneous Receipts, Class 4" account…
![Request for Funds for Incidental Expenses in Fiscal Year 1918 Request for Funds for Incidental Expenses in Fiscal Year 1918](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b014_f07_9109_0003.jpg?itok=WLYn0o68)
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. requests funds be allotted to the "Indiay Moneys, Proceeds of Labor Carlisle School" and "Miscellaneous Receipts Class 4" accounts to cover incidental expenses for fiscal year 1918.
E. B. Meritt allots a total of $4228.71 to the two accounts.
![Request for Funds for "Indian School Transportation 1918" Account Request for Funds for "Indian School Transportation 1918" Account](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b014_f08_21411_0005.jpg?itok=8T5L6j-h)
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. requests additional funds be allotted to the "Indian School Transportation 1918" account. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Francis that there's no money to give him and suggests he uses Class IV moneys to cover his expenses.
Francis informs Meritt…
![Company's Desire to be Paid for Shipment of Books received after School Closure Company's Desire to be Paid for Shipment of Books received after School Closure](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b016_f09_81006_0005.jpg?itok=uzJGQbEb)
The Arthur H. Clark Company informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that they shipped a set of Volume 2 of "American Indian, as Slave-Holders, Secessionists, and During the Reconstruction" to the Carlisle Indian School and that they have not been paid because the school is closed.
Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt asks the…
![Conveyance of the Sanno Lot to the United States Government Conveyance of the Sanno Lot to the United States Government](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b017_f13_2461_0004.jpg?itok=e0Vu7hsh)
Correspondence and legal documents regarding ownership of the Sanno lot, originally purchased by Richard Henry Pratt in 1893 as a member of the Trustees of the Carlisle Indian School for the school, and later conveyed to the government in 1914.