Veto Message
02/22/1887
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The civil-service rules as revised May 6, 1896, are hereby amended as follows.
The condition of affairs among the Five Civilized Tribes...has assumed such an aspect as to render it almost indispensab...
I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of State, in answer to the resolution of the Senate of May 9, 1896.
I hereby return without my approval House bill No. 8293.