COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES town council w as com]K>s«<l o f five mcmlKrs, as follows: George S . Sanders, George B a s sett, Valentine Rest, Fran k E . Ruch, E<iward H . Baldy. T h e first council meeting w as held in the office o f E d w ard H . B ald y, and the first business transacted w as the election o f Mr. Baldy as clerk of the bo<ly. K dw ard Young was chosen street commissioner at a sa b ry o f twenty dollars a year, and T h o n u s Jam ison was chosen constable. On the 24th o f December, 1849. the council ^ s c d a resolution, making application to the State L ^ is la tu re fo r the erection o f a new county, to lie calletl Montour, with the county scat at Danville. It w as also resolved to fu r nish the new county with necessary buildings. On the 29th o f March, 1850. the new coun cil was organized. Dr. William H . M agill was reelected burgess and Valentine Best w as rcclcclcil as a member of the council. T he new mcmlKrs were Dr. Isaac Hughes, George B. Brown, Thom as V ’oods, W illiam Morgan. V Valentine Best w as chosen clerk and M. C. Grier was elected treasurer. The following have since served as burgess and councilmcn during the years indicated: J851—'1'homas Chalfant, bu rgess; Jan ies F. Deen, Jo h n Rockafeller, j . C . Rhodes, A . F . Russell, councilmcn. 1852—Tliom as Jam ison, burgess; George S . Sanders, John Deen, J r ., G. W. Boyer, George W. Bryan, councilmcn. 1853—Joscph fJah n, burgess; Daniel Ram sey. P. H o fer, D avid Jones, Jam es Gaskins, couiKilmcn. 1854— Robert Moore, bnrgcss: John Deen, J r .. John T urner. William Ilan cock, Jam es G . M axw ell, Rolwrt M cC oy, coun cilmen. 18 55— W illiam Henrie, burgess: Smith B . Thom i«on. David Jones, Isaian S . Thornton. F ran k E . Ruch, Isaac Aminernian, councilmen. ( B y this council a census w as or<lercd, which w as aflcrw artls reported to coun cil. showing the population to be S ,2470 —l>avid C lark, burgess; Jac o b Scchlcr, John Best. John .-Vrms. W’ilham M ow rcr, Paul U idy. Esq., councilmcn. 1857—^Jacob Seidel, buigess; Jaco b Sechlcr, Cliarles Leighow, Joscph R . Philips, Sam uel llan io r. John Pat tern, councilmen. 1858— D r. Clarence H. Frkk, burgess; W'illiani M ow rcr, D avid Jones. Ciideon Boyer. George S . Sanders, Frederick lammers. councilmcn. 1859—Christian I.au bach. burgess; D. N . Kow novcr, Joscph Diehl, B. K. V astinc. D . M . Boyd. William Cook, councilmen, i860—J . C . Rhodes, burgess: William Cook, W. G . Patton, B . K . Vastine, Emanuel Houpt, Michael C G rier, council men, 18 6 1— E . C . V oris, burgess; Reuben V ’oris, David Jam es. Joscph Flancgan. W il
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liam Morgan. D. M . Boyd, councilmcn. 1862 — Isaac Rank, I m i^ s s; Jaco b Aten, William M ow rcr, Charles W. Cliilds, D avid Grove, J.im es L . Riehl, coimciliiien. 1863— B . K , Vastine, burgess; Jam es L . Riehl, W illiam T w ist, William I^iwis, Jo h n G . H iter, John Rockafeller, couiK'ihiicn. 1864— E . W. Conk ling, burgess; Jam es L . Rich), John G . H iler, Joscph IMchl, C . I.aubach, W illiam Lew is, councilmen. 1865—John G . Tliomiwon, bur g e ss; lle n r)' H arris, Dan M organ, D. DcLong, W illiam Ilcn ric, Jaco b Aten, councilmen. i 860 — Dr. K . S. Simington, bu rgess; Dan M organ, Francis N aylor, IX D cLong, William I Icnric, Charles H . W aters, councilmcn. 1867 -•G e o rg e Bassett, bu rgess; Jam es Com elison, John A . W inner, C. W . Childs, W illiam Hcnric, David C lark, Jan ies KcHy» Samuel Lew is, .M. D . L . Scchler, Joseph Sechler, Thompson I'ostcr, John G . Thom|)son, E . Thompson, councilmcn. Previous to the election the bor ough had been divided into fo u r wards, the F irst, Second. Third and Fourth. B efore that time there had been two wards, the South and the North, with five ineiiibcrs o f council, cacli elected fo r one year. T he change provided fo r four wards and twelve councilmcn. three from each ward, one third o f Uieni to serve fo r one year, one third two years and the,other third three years, and also provided fo r the election u f one councilman each year from each ward. T he follow ing indicates those elected each y e a r: j 8 6 R — Robert M cCoy, buig;css; Jam e s L. Riehl, C . S . Hooks, George W. R cay, David Grove, councilmen. 1869— A . J . Ammerman, burgess; W illiam Henrie, J . S . Vastine, John R . Lunger, Franklin Boyer, councilmen. 18 7 a ' D. S . Bloom, h u i^ css; W illiam BuckIcy, Hickman Fram e, M . D. L . Sechlcr, Sam uel Ix w is, councilmcn. 18 7 1— Thom as M ax well, bu rgess; H . .M. Schoch, G . W1 Miles, G c o i ^ Lovett, Jac o b Sw eisfort, councilmcn. 1872— O scar Ephlin, bu rgess; George W. R eay, H enry Vincent, Jaco b Schuster, J . L. Riehl, councilmen. 18 7 3— Edw ard Young, bu rgess; W illiam Buckley, N . llo fe r . Jose{m W. K eely. Thom as C oxcy, councilmcn. 1874 — J . R . i ‘hilips, bu rgess: Jan ies Vandling, Jam es .Auld, W . D . W'illiams, D avid C lark, councilmen. 1875— C harles Kaufm an, bur g e ss; M . D. L . Sechler, William T . Ram sey, J . R . i*IiiHps, J . W. Von Nieda, councihiieii. 1876— H enry M . Schoch, burgcs-s; J . D . W il liams, David Ruckle. W illiam K . Holloway, W illiam R . W illiam s, councilm cn: Isaac Aninicm ian w as chosen at a special election to fill the vacancy occasione<l by the resignation o f
