But Indians shall be eligible to appointment to any of said positions on such test of fitness as may be required by the Secretary of the Interior.
Grover Cleveland: “But Indians shall be eligible to appointment to any of said positions on such test of fitness as may be required by the…”
On the recordMarch 19, 1896
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Executive Order—Civil Service: Extension of the Classified Departmental and Indian Services
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