Civil service commission
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In the United States, a commission appointed by the President,consisting of three members, not more than two of whom may beadherents of the same party, which has the control, throughexaminations, of appointments and promotions in the classified civilservice. It was created by act of Jan, 16, 1883 (22 Stat. 403).
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