Special Departmental Rule No. I is hereby amended by striking out the whole of the paragraph in section 3, Department of the Interior, relating to the Geological Survey and substituting in lieu thereof the following:
Grover Cleveland: “Special Departmental Rule No. I is hereby amended by striking out the whole of the paragraph in section 3, Department of…”
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Executive Order—Amendment of Civil Service Rules
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