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On the recordFebruary 20, 1891
In the Department of the Treasury, in the Coast and Geodetic Survey: Clerk to act as confidential clerk and cashier to the disbursing officer.
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Benjamin Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Executive Order—Amendment of Civil Service Rules

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