...Administrative Commission, or any of its departments, shall be appointed and hold under the act of Congress entitled "An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States," approved January sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eightythree, and all laws supplemental to and amendatory...

...departmental mismanagement traceable directly to the "spoils system" is particularly illuminating : "The act entitled 'An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States' has been in force now nearly four years and a half, a part of that time under the administration of...

...proper. SEC. 2. That the provisions of said act of Congress approved January sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty,three, entitled "An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States." and the provisions of any acts in addition to said act, or in amendment thereof . are hereby extended...

...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 1 6, 1883, and amendments thereto, or any rule or regulation made in pursuance thereof,...

...necessary to conduct its business, who shall be appointed without regard to the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States," approved January sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three (volume twenty-two, United States Statutes...

...collector or nmrshnl. w&o 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...

...were introduced for the establishment of the merit system and a law was passed in January 1883. It was entitled «An Act to Regulate and Improve the Civil Service of the United States." The object of the law was to secure appointment and promotion in the service for fitness. For this...

...collector or marshal, who may require such bond without regard to the provisions of an act of Congress . approved January sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and amendments thereto, or any rule...

...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...

...and salaries, as contained in section 12 of this act. The term " civil-service act " means the act entitled "An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States," approved January 16, 1883, and all acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, and all rules...