Stone v. United States

James Stone represents that he has been a laborer on the public grounds in the city of Washington since 1861, appointed in conformity with law by the Commissioner of Public Buildings, by which appointment he became an employé in the office of said Commissioner under a salary of i960, regularly appropriated annually, which has been paid to him.

That at the second session of the 39th Congress a joint resolution, giving additional compensation to certain employés in the civil service of the United States,” was passed and approved by the President, which is in these words :

“ That there shall he…