Ward v. Comptroller of the Commonwealth

These are two bills for declaratory decrees to ascertain the effect of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 30, § 21, which reads, “A person shall not at the same time receive more than one salary from the treasury of the commonwealth.” The principal issue argued is whether Ward, the plaintiff in the first case and the defendant in the second, is receiving two salaries in violation of the statute. Ward holds two positions. (1) He is an employment office manager in the division of employment security. This is a positian within the classified civil service, G. L. c. 31, and he is a permanent incumbent. (2) He…