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Grover Cleveland: “Vacancies in places authorized to be filled by noncompetitive examination may be filled without examination for a period…”

On the recordNovember 1, 1894
Vacancies in places authorized to be filled by noncompetitive examination may be filled without examination for a period not exceeding thirty days.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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Executive Order—Amendment of Civil Service Rules

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