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Fishburn, Jr.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>prior_term<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>One of Blackburn&#8217;s actions as Mayor was to set guidelines for a person licensed to sell liquor. The seller was restricted from selling liquor between the hours of 11 pm and 5 am, except for medical purposes, and must not allow \u201cany person to enter his place of business on the first day of the week \u2013 commonly called Sunday for any purpose whatsoever.\u201d <ref> Brigham City Council Minutes.<\/ref><br \/>\nOther actions taken during his term included: contracting for cement sidewalks to be laid; approving improvements to the City&#8217;s reservoir; giving the night watchman a salary of $50 a month and $25 to a man hauling away garbage from the back yards of businesses. In 1910 the new fire station and City Offices building was erected at a cost of $6,523. 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