Civil Service Extended to Smithsonian Inst
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PrintThe President of the United States, Grover Cleveland, directs the application of the Civil Service rules from July 1, 1896, to all persons in the Bureaus under the Smithsonian Institution whose salaries are paid out of government appropriations.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
June 16, 1896