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On the recordJanuary 11, 1897
It is also ordered,That no person shall be admitted into any place not excepted from examination by the civil-service rules in any of the classes above designated until he shall have passed an appropriate examination prepared by the United States Civil Service Commission and his eligibility has been certified to this office by said Commission.
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Orestes Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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Executive Order—Civil Service: Classification of the Office of the President

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