Morrison Waite,
United States v. Ashfleld — Opinion of the Court
“ At the next session there was included in the deficiency bill, under the head of the 'Department of the Interior,' an appropriation of the further sum of $2,000, 'to enable the commissioner of public buildings to pay to the watchmen mentioned in the fifth section of the act . . . the difference between their pay as fixed prior to the passage of that act and the allowance made by said section.' 14 Stat. 374. In the Appropriation Act for the year ending June 30, 1868, $4,500 was appropriated 'for the compensation of five watchmen in reservation No. 2' (14 Stat. 456) ”
