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Ben Harrison: “Special Departmental Rule No. I is hereby amended by adding at the end of paragraph 10 the following: \and elevator…”

On the recordJanuary 19, 1892
Special Departmental Rule No. I is hereby amended by adding at the end of paragraph 10 the following: \and elevator conductors;\" so that as amended the paragraph will read: In all the Departments: Bookbinders and elevator conductors.
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Ben Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Executive Order—Amendment of Civil Service Rules

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