...year the first annual report of the Civil Service Commissioners, in conformity with the Act of 1 883 (an Act to regulate and improve the Civil Service of the United States), President Arthur took occasion in a special message " to congratulate Congress and the people on the...

...COMMISSION. To the Congress of the United States: Pursuant to the second section of chapter twenty-seven of the laws of 1883, entitled "An act to regulate...day of January, 1886, and the ist day of July, 1887. accompanying appendices, much valuable information concerning the inception of civil-service reform...

...the President of the United States, and in accordance with the third clause of section 6 of the act entitled " An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States," approved January 16, 1883: II ia ordereil, That the ollicers and employees of this Institution included...

...section 9 of the act of March 3, 1871, 16 Stat. 495, 514, 515. The act of January 16, 1883, 22 Stat. 403, entitled "An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States" provides for the establishment of the Civil Service Commission with three commissioners to be appointed...

...deem necessary. By order of the Commissioners. JAMES A. BETTS, Secretary. EXTRACTS FROM CHAPTER 354, LAWS OF 1883, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REGULATE AND IMPROVE THE CIVIL SERVICE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK." SECTION 1. The Governor is authorized to appoint, by and witli the advice...

...interpretation. Examining the civil service act in this manner it will be noticed ; first, that its title is "An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States'," and that it deals with the " public service " and the '" public service now classified or to be classified...

...titles, in which I am directed to request the concurrence of the House of Repre>ijntatives, vi/. : S. Ш. An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States. S. .'i'25. An act to provide for the erection of a monument to the memory of Major-General the Karon...

...taxes, and increase of water supply. The Commissioners who were appointed under the act of January 16, 1883, entitled "An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States," entered promptly upon the discharge of their duties. A series of rales, framed in accordance with the...

...fees of witnesses in the United States conrta in certain cases. January 15, 1883 . 403 Ciril tervice. An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States. January 16, 1883 403 Herman Bigg». An act for the relief of Herman Biggs. January 18, 1883 407 Rented...

...operative from the first moment of the day on which euch act is approved by the President. • The act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States, " approved January sixteenth, 1883," contains a provision a» follows : "SEC. 7. That after the expiration...