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Orestes Cleveland
@orestescleveland· Democratic · NJ· Jan 3, 1889

Amendments to General Rules II, III, IV, Departmental Rules V, VIII, Customs Rule III, and Postal Rules II, VI, are hereby made and promulgated as follows:

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Orestes Cleveland
@orestescleveland· Democratic · NJ· Jan 3, 1889

There shall be four branches of the classified civil service, as follows: 1. The classified departmental service. 2. The classified customs service. 3. The classified postal service. 4. The classified railway mail service.

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Orestes Cleveland
@orestescleveland· Democratic · NJ· Jan 3, 1889

Superintendents of mails shall be selected from among the employees of the railway mail service.

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Orestes Cleveland
@orestescleveland· Democratic · NJ· Jan 3, 1889

A false statement made by an applicant, or procured by his connivance, or any deception or fraud practiced by an applicant, shall be good cause for refusal to examine such applicant.

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Orestes Cleveland
@orestescleveland· Democratic · NJ· Jan 3, 1889

Transfers may be made from one classified post-office to another, from any classified post-office to the classified railway mail service, and from the classified railway mail service to any classified post-office.

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Orestes Cleveland
@orestescleveland· Democratic · NJ· Jan 3, 1889

The Commission may refuse to certify an eligible who is so defective in sight, speech, or hearing, or who is otherwise so defective physically as to be apparently unfit to perform the duties of the position to which he is seeking…

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Orestes Cleveland
@orestescleveland· Democratic · NJ· Jan 3, 1889

No person may be transferred as herein authorized until the Commission shall have certified to the officer making the transfer requisition that the person whom it is proposed to transfer has passed an examination to test fitness for the…

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Orestes Cleveland
@orestescleveland· Democratic · NJ· Jan 2, 1889

I transmit herewith for the consideration of the Congress a report of the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, recommending an appropriation for the relief of Japanese subjects injured and of the families of Japanese subjects…

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Orestes Cleveland
@orestescleveland· Democratic · NJ· Dec 20, 1888

I now transmit a report of the Secretary of State, with accompanying correspondence, on that subject.

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Orestes Cleveland
@orestescleveland· Democratic · NJ· Dec 18, 1888

This bill directs the Postmaster-General to credit to the beneficiary therein named, who is the postmaster at Buena Vista, in the State of Colorado, the sum of $225, being post-office funds forwarded by him to the deposit office at Denver…

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Orestes Cleveland
@orestescleveland· Democratic · NJ· Dec 18, 1888

It is plain, therefore, that the bill herewith returned ought not to become a law unless it is proposed to duplicate the credit therein mentioned.

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Orestes Cleveland
@orestescleveland· Democratic · NJ· Dec 2, 1888

The Government itself is under bond to the American people that in the exercise of its functions and powers it will deal with the body of our citizens in a manner scrupulously honest and fair and absolutely just.

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