Mr. Justice CLIFFORD delivered the opinion of the court.
Additional compensation is claimed by the respective appellees, as employés in the civil service of the United States in this city, by virtue of the joint resolution of the 28th of February, 1867, which provides that twenty per cent. additional compensation shall be allowed and paid to certain classes of such employés in Washington, as therein designated.
Civil officers, whose annual salaries...
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