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UNITED STATES v. MORROW

No. 98.

266 U.S. 531 (1925)

UNITED STATES v. MORROW.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 5, 1925.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Merrill E. Otis, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck and Mr. John G. Ewing were on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. George A. King, with whom Mr. William B. King and Mr. George R. Shields were on the brief, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE SANFORD delivered the opinion of the Court.

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...

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