《彭德尔顿法》把官员的任用建立在功绩制的基础上，提出了政治中立原则，使职业文官在理论上和法律上摆脱了政治和政党的控制和束缚。
The Pendleton Act put the appointment of officials on the base of merit system , and put forward the principle of political neutrality , which get rid of the political and party control for the civil servants .
彭德尔顿法