MacMath v. United States

Citations

• 248 U.S. 151
• 39 S. Ct. 31
• 63 L. Ed. 177
• 1918 U.S. LEXIS 1702

Syllabus

<p>Revised Statutes, §2621, authorizes Collectors to.employ, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, weighers at the-séveral ports, and does not prescribe their number; the Act of July 26,1866, c. 269, § 3, 14 Stat. 289, fixes their salaries at $2,500: Rev. Stats., § 2634,-authorizes the Secretary to fix .the number and compensation of clerks to be employed by any Collector. M received successive appointments as clerk “to act as acting U. S. weighei,” at compensations less than $2,500 per annum, and took oath as such. Seld, ■ that the fact that he was assigned, and'performed, the dpties of weigher did not place him in that office and entitle him to its salary.</p>