Special Message
04/21/1886
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all extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene at the Capitol
To the Senate: In response to the resolution of the Senate of the 24th ultimo, I transmit herewith a report from the Sec...
There is a further objection to granting this pension.
It is also ordered,That no person shall be admitted into any place not excepted from examination by the civil-service ru...