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On the recordApril 25, 1886
The measure under consideration does not with sufficient care specify and limit the officers and the parties who it is proposed to invest with discretion in the disposition of dead bodies.
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Orestes Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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Dec 6, 1896

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Jan 7, 1897

I transmit herewith, in response to the resolution of the House of Representatives of May 8, 1896, requesting information as to what had been done by the Department of State to carry out the provision in the act of March 2, 1895, making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the year 1896, as to negotiations with Great Britain to secure the abrogation or modification of the regulations requiring the slaughter of cattle from the United States at the port of entry, a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers.

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Nov 1, 1896

The civil-service rules as revised May 6, 1896, are hereby amended as follows.

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