Special Message
02/26/1889
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The civil-service rules as revised May 6, 1896, are hereby amended as follows.
It appears that terms of court are now held at four different places within the eastern judicial district of Texas.
The condition of affairs among the Five Civilized Tribes...has assumed such an aspect as to render it almost indispensab...
It is most gratifying to note the satisfactory results that have followed the inauguration of the new system provided fo...