Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1886 — THE NEW PUBLIC PRINTER. [ARTICLE]

THE NEW PUBLIC PRINTER.

Thomas E. Benedict Sworn In as the Successor of S. P. Bounds. [Washington special.] Public Printer Thomas E. Benedict has been sworn in, giving a bond for SIOO,OOO, the sureties of which are citizens of Ulster county, New York. The new Public Printer said that until he got his hands well on to the reins of the office he did not contemplate making any changes. He also said that he would undoubtedly make changes as rapidly as he thought they were advisable- He has, since the fact of his apnointment became known, been overwhelmed with applications for positions under him, and with letters asking that many of those already in be kept in. As yet he has made no appointment whatever. The<e are a number of men whom he has an eye upon with a view to their appointment to the more important subordinate positions, but he has as yet definitely decided upon very few. He certainly could, if he desired, provide places for many people. He will be at the head of a pay-roll of 2,400, all of whom he can remove or keep in place, just as he sees fit, without any reference to the CivilService Commissioners. Many of the 2,400 places are very good ones, varying in their salary attachments from $1,200 to $2,100 a year. ----- -