...to both. While the legal life of the Commission began on January 16, 1883, with the approval of the act " to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States" (22 Stat. L., 403), this law was merely the culmination of some twenty years of effort at reform. With...

...collector or marshal, who may require such bond without regard to the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled 'An Act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States,' approved January sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and amendments thereto, or any rule...

...872, 46th Cong., 3d Sess. (Pendleton's report). See also Senate Report 2373, soth Cong., ist Sess. An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States. Be it enacted . . . , That the President is authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent...

...Postmaster General, who may require such bond, without regard to the provisions of an act of Congress entitled 'An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States,' approved January 16, 1883, and amendments thereto, or any rule or regulation made in pursuance thereof,...

...It came into being as an independent establishment under act of January 16, 1883(22 Stat. L. 403), entitled "An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States." At the beginning it supervised the employment of a comparatively small .group. From time to time additional...

...filling positions but of doing the administrative work of government. The act, which was entitled simplv "An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States," has since 1883 "remained essentially unchanged, a tribute to its soundness and to the careful manner...

...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: It is ordered that the officers, clerks, and other employees of this department...

...be appointed, without term, by the Postmaster General in accordance with the provisions of the act entitled "An Act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States", approved January 16, 1883: Provided, however, That in the case of post offices having annual gross...

...shall be appointed without term, by the Postmaster General in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States ", approved January 16, 1883 : Provided, however. That in the case of post offices having annual gross...

...Senate and Hoit^e of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That an Act entitled "An Act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States" (Act of January 16, 1883, 22 Stat. 403), is hereby amended by adding at the end of the sixth paragraph...