Veto Message
06/01/1886
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This government is not a nation to which peace is a necessity.
Rule VI of the civil-service rules is hereby amended by adding to the exceptions from examination in the departmental se...
Such vacancy may, subject to the approval of the Commission, be filled by appointment without examination and certificat...
The civil-service rules as revised May 6, 1896, are hereby amended as follows.