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It literally excludes the idea of paying a salary, when the officer is not in office; and it is undeniably certain, that he cannot be in office, when there is no office.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “It literally excludes the idea of paying a salary, when the officer is not in office; and it is undeniably certain, that…”
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Beveridge asserts that a salary cannot be paid to an officer who is not in office, highlighting a principle of legal existence.
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