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 EISTOEY OF GOODHUE COUNTY 551 Mayor Freeborn resigned in September and F. F. Philleo was chosen to till the vacancy. In .January. 1859, Bans Mattson was appointed clerk in place of Francis Ives, resigned. During this year the question of tire protection was taken up. Protection Hook and Ladder Company rendered a report showing that the following Officers had been elected: Chief engineer. .Icsse .Mcln- t ire ; first assistant, R. N. McClaren ; second assistant, J. C. Pierce; secretary, T. N. Lee; treasurer. T. J. (lark. L859-60 — The city government was now well established and the question of streets and bridges became an important one for the council, as. indeed, it has remained in the years that have passed since then. During this year the liquor license was fixed at $50.00. The officers were : Mayor, Charles H. Council; coun- cilmen, S. S. Grannis, A. A. Whitney and C. J. F. Smith; clerk Hans Mattson; city printer, L. H. Hubbard; treasurer, Frederick Jopp ; marshal, John II. Brand; attorney, Charles McClure. lSb'0-61 — The volume of city business continued to increase and to occupy the attention of the board in many special meet- ings. The license this year was fixed at $50.00, the same as dur- ing the previous year. The officers were: Mayor, P. Vandenberg; councilmen, AY. P. Brown, E. L. Baker and H. B. Wilson ; clerk, P. M. Wright; marshal, M. Comstock ; treasurer, F. Ives; attor- ney, Hans Mattson; printers. Hubbard and Davis. One of the amusing features of the minutes is that the mayor evidently added an "h" to his name during his term of office. He signs himself as P. Vandenberg for several months, and then evidently takes a vacation for a few weeks, a pro-tem mayor's name being signed to the minutes. When the real mayor's signature again appears he signs his name P. Vandenbergh, having accuiired the additional letter some time during his absence. 1861-62 — This was the year of the outbreak of the war, and the village board was depleted from time to time by resignations. The original board consisted of the following: Mayor, E. L. Baker; councilmen. W. W. Sweney, W. W. DeKay and M. S. Chamberlin ; clerk, A. E. Welch ; printer, Martin Maginnis ; mar- shall, M. Comstock; treasurer, F. F. Hoyt; attorney, W. C. Wil- liston. April 24, 1861, the council voted to present the Goodhue Volunteers with a flag. Soon afterward A. E. Welch resigned as clerk and his place was taken by P. Sandford. E. L. Baker re- signed as mayor and his place was taken by James Lawdher. V. Blumdye took the place of M. S. Chamberlin and William Lauver the place of W. W. DeKay in the council. The gallant gentlemen who thus left their places on the city board all enlisted in the army. The license fee for saloons was this year reduced to $25. 1862-63 — In spite of the war the village improvements con-