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On the recordMay 25, 1904
Mr. I.B. Conklin may be appointed as special laborer (clerk) at $3.28 per diem in the office of the paymaster, navy-yard, Washington, D.C., without examination under the civil-service rules.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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