Legal Opinion

United States v. Morrow

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 5, 1925No. 98PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sanford

This case involves the construction of a proviso in the Army Appropriation Acts of 1915 and 1916, relating to an increase in the pay of clerks and messengers at headquarters of territorial departments. 38 Stat. 351, 355, c. 72; 38 Stat. 1062, 1067, c. 143.

This proviso follows a special appropriation made — in substantially identical language — in the two acts. In the Act of 1915 this provision reads:

“Pay to Clerks, Messengers, and Laborers at Headquarters of the Several Territorial Departments, Territorial Districts, Tactical Divisions and Brigades, Service Schools and Office of the Chief of…

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