McLean v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters1 statement of tlie case: The following were the facts found by the court : That the petitioner was a surveyor of customs performing the duties of collector at Pittsburgh, in the State of Pennsylvania, from the 15th March, 1867, until the 20th of April, 1869, a period of two years and thirty-seven days.
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The Reporters1 statement of tlie case: The following were the facts found by the court : That the petitioner was a surveyor of customs performing the duties of collector at Pittsburgh, in the State of Pennsylvania, from the 15th March, 1867, until the 20th of April, 1869, a period of two years and thirty-seven days. That for the same period he was a depositary of the public money of the United States, duly designated under the Act of 6th August, 1846. (9 Stat. L., p. 59.) That he received as deposits in— The fiscal year ended June, 1867... $41, 722 28 The fiscal year ended June, 1808. 174,…
1Opinion of the Court
Loüxng-, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
In the able arguments at the bar it was correctly said that the first question in the case was, “Whatmaximum compensation is fixed by law for the office of which the claimant was in commission 9”
The record shows that on this question there have been for years at the Treasury Department doubts not yet solved; and the question requires the construction of the many statutes relating to the subject.
The ninth section of the Act of May 7,1822, (3 Stat. L;, p. 695,) specified the ports of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charleston, Savannah,…
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