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9 S.Ct. 632
33 L.Ed. 51
ALLMAN
v.
UNITED STATES.
May 13, 1889.
provision last quoted, in a letter to the postmaster general, dated July 20, 1881,
held that 'the original letting, and not any subsequent increase of service and
pay,' was made 'the standard of limitation.' It was in conformity with this
opinion that the postmaster general withheld from the appellant the 50 per cent.
on the expedited service under his contract.
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