LOCKED MONEY BOXES
When locked money boxes are installed in drink vending machines, the boxes will be numbered on the outside and issued to the vending machine operator by the person responsible for cash collections. Before issuing the locked money boxes, the collection agent will make sure the box is key locked and a seal is affixed over the lock opening. The number of the seal will be recorded in an unused column of the Cash Register Record, NAVSUP Form 469.

Delivery by the Vending Machine Operator
The vending machine operator may be required to deliver the locked money boxes to the person making collections. If this is done, you should first take the meter reading and write it down before you remove the money box. After you remove the full money box, replace it with the empty one. The locked money boxes in vending machines are provided with two sets of keys, one locks the box inside the machine, while the other opens the money box itself. The vending machine operator will have the key that removes the box from the machine, and the other key that opens the money box will be retained by the person making collections. If the vending machine you are maintaining is not equipped with a meter to count sales, you should figure out how many cans you sold when you replace the money boxes. The total cans in the machine at the last collection plus the cans put in the machine minus the total cans in the machine at the time of collection equal the number of cans sold. After you get the meter reading or figure out the number of cans sold, you will deliver the locked money box to the ship's store officer or cash collection agent. Cash will be counted by the person making collections in the vending machine operator's presence. The person making collections will then make sure the vending machine operator agrees with the meter reading or number of cans sold for each machine and will use them to see if the cash collected is over or short. When the money box is delivered to the cash collection agent instead of the ship's store officer, the ship's store officer must make sure the collection agent is personally reading each vending machine meter at least twice weekly.

Optional Procedures
There may be times such as weekends or after regular working hours when the ship's store officer or the cash collection agent is not available to accept the vending machine coin box. In this case one of two things must be done. Place the money box in a night depository safe or turn the locked money box and meter reading over to the supply department duty officer or another commissioned duty officer for safekeeping. When the second method is used, a money box log will be maintained by the duty officer receiving the money box. Each time the vending machine operator delivers or receives a money box from the duty officer, an entry will be made in this log and signed by both persons. When the money box is turned in, the duty officer will keep the money box in a safe place until the next day. The vending machine operator will pick up the money box and the cash will be collected and compared to the meter reading or number of cans sold.