Veto Message
10/16/1888
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It is also ordered,That no person shall be admitted into any place not excepted from examination by the civil-service ru...
It is provided,That this classification shall not include persons appointed to an office by and with the advice and cons...
I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of State, in answer to the resolution of the Senate of May 9, 1896.
The civil-service rules as revised May 6, 1896, are hereby amended as follows.