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Grover Cleveland: Any person appointed from the appropriate register to the position of messenger, assistant messenger, watchman, or other…

On the recordMarch 1, 1895
Any person appointed from the appropriate register to the position of messenger, assistant messenger, watchman, or other subordinate position below the positions of clerk and copyist may at any time after absolute appointment, if not barred by age limitations, be transferred to any other of said subordinate positions.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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Executive Order—Amendments of Civil Service Rules

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