United States Court of Claims March 19, 1900, No. 21095 (Whiting v. United States)

Weldon, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court:

The findings show that the decedent was on the 10th day of June, 1890, appointed by the President a member of the Mississippi River Commission, and received a salary of $2,400 per annum from the date of his appointment until August 18, 1894; that on the 24th day of August, 1894, his salaiy was reduced by the Secretary of the Treasury to $1,600 per