
    THOMAS F. E. RYAN v. UNITED STATES.
    [56 C. Cls. 103; 260 U.S. 90.]
    Judgment was rendered in favor of the United States in the court below. On appeal the judgment was affirmed, and the Supreme Court decided:
    Under sections 2733 and 2737, Rev. Stats., and the act of March 3, 1881, c. 132, 21 Stat. 429, the Secretary of the Treasury was authorized to appoint inspectors of customs, at New York, at $4 per day.
    The act of December 16, 1902, c. 2, 32 Stat. 753, authorized the Secretary to increase the, per diem of such inspectors $1 but did not require it; nor did the appropriation acts of June 30, 1906, c. 3912, 34 Stat. 636, and March 4, 1907, e. 2919, id. 1373, make such increase mandatory.
   Mr. Chief Justice Taft

delivered the opinion of the Supreme Court November 13, 1922.  