MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.
The findings of fact in the court below were as follows:
"I. The claimant was a shipping commissioner at the port of Mobile, Ala.
"During the term of his service he made a detailed report monthly to the Secretary of the Treasury of his services and the fees provided by law, with a full, exact, and itemized account of receipts and expenditures.
"For the months of December, 1889, and January...
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