Show no law forbidding the he holding of two offices it would not bo be illegal or unconstitutional tut ional for a person to fill two posts in the presidents cabinet at the same time says saya pathfinder finder magazine in fact during the early days of the republic it was not uncommon for a cabinet officer to act temporarily as head of an executive department other than his own for instance james monroe served for a time la in president matisons Madi Bladis sons ons cabinet as both secretary of 0 war and secretary of state john marshall was wag chief justice of the supreme court and secretary ot of state at the same time ile he was secretary of state under president adams when he was appointed chief justice and the president authorized him to continue his duties as secretary of state until jeffersons fer sons inauguration a month later that la Is the only time that the two highest appointive offices of the fed eral government have been filled by one nan man at the same came time legally marshall could have drawn sal salaries arles for both positions but he refused to accept more than one find and his salary as secretary of state remained unpaid i |