Parrillo, Nicholas R., <br/><br/>
Against the profit motive :  the salary revolution in American government, 1780-1940 / 
Nicholas R. Parrillo. 
 - 1 online resource :  illustrations (black and white). 
 - Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference .
 - Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> In America today, a public official's lawful income consists of a salary. But until a century ago, the law frequently authorized officials to make money on a profit-seeking basis. Prosecutors won a fee for each defendatn convicted. Tax collectors received a cut of each evasion incovered. Naval officers took a reward for each ship sunk. The list goes on. This book documents the American government's 'for profit' past, to discover how profit-seeking defined officials' relationshp to the citizenry and to explain how lawmakers - by banishing the profit motive in favour of the salary - transformed that relationship forever. 
<br/><br/> Specialized. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780300187304  No price 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Fees, Administrative--History.--United States<br/>Industry.<br/>United States of America, USA.<br/>Public administration.<br/>Legal history.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Officials and employees--Salaries, etc.--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JK776  / .P37 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>331.2813517309034