Executive Order
11/04/1888
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The civil-service rules as revised May 6, 1896, are hereby amended as follows.
I transmit herewith, in response to the Senate resolution of December 21, 1896, addressed to the Secretary of State, a r...
Such vacancy may, subject to the approval of the Commission, be filled by appointment without examination and certificat...
It appears that terms of court are now held at four different places within the eastern judicial district of Texas.