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Grover Cleveland: Customs Rule I is hereby amended as follows: In section 2, line 2, strike out the word 'fifty' and insert in lieu…

On the recordNovember 1, 1894
Customs Rule I is hereby amended as follows: In section 2, line 2, strike out the word 'fifty' and insert in lieu thereof the word 'twenty.'
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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Executive Order—Amendments of Civil Service Rules

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