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Teddy Roosevelt: “Schedule A of the civil service rules is hereby amended by adding to Section II, Treasury Department, a new clause to be…”

On the recordNovember 17, 1905
Schedule A of the civil service rules is hereby amended by adding to Section II, Treasury Department, a new clause to be numbered 12, to read as follows:12. One examiner of tobacco and one examiner of tea in the Customs Service at the Port of Chicago.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Executive Order

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