Special Message
12/20/1886
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It is ordered,That the officers and employees in or under this office included within the provisions of the civil-servic...
Such vacancy may, subject to the approval of the Commission, be filled by appointment without examination and certificat...
I am advised by the Pension Bureau that the bill, if it becomes a law in its present form, would be inoperative.
There certainly ought to be a strong presumption that the case was fairly and justly determined by the Bureau.