United States v. Bassett
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
This was an amicable suit, brought by the United States, to recover a balance, supposed to be due to the plaintiffs from [Francis Bas-sett] the defendant, as clerk of the district and circuit courts of the United States for the Massachusetts district, upon his return, made to the secretary of the treasury, on January 1st, 1843, pursuant to the act of congress, passed May, 1842, making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenditures of government.for the year 1842.…
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This was an amicable suit, brought by the United States, to recover a balance, supposed to be due to the plaintiffs from [Francis Bas-sett] the defendant, as clerk of the district and circuit courts of the United States for the Massachusetts district, upon his return, made to the secretary of the treasury, on January 1st, 1843, pursuant to the act of congress, passed May, 1842, making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenditures of government.for the year 1842. The return of the defendant to the treasury department was as follows: Account of Fees Received and of Amounts Paid for…
1Opinion of the Court
STORY, Circuit Justice.
This is an amicable action, and turns altogether as to its merits upoii the construction of a clause (No. 107) in the general appropriation act of May 18. 1842 (chapter 29). That clause, after appropriating the sum of $375,000 for defraying the expenses of the courts of the United States for the year 1842, &c., proceeds as follows: “Provided, however, that every district attorney, clerk of a district court, clerk of a circuit court, and marshal of the United States, shall, until otherwise directed by law, upon the first days of January and July in each year, commencing…
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