Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

Clarence Reeder may be appointed as private secretary to the Director of the Geological Survey, without examination under the civil-service ...

An exception to the requirements of the civil-service rules is hereby made to permit the appointment, without examination, of Dr. William L....

An exception to the requirements of the civil-service rules is hereby made to permit the appointment of Mr. Samuel D. Amen to the position o...

The lands hereby excluded from the reserve and restored to the public domain shall lie open to settlement from the date hereof.