Bill from Daniel H. Wells and Others, 31 October 1842
Source Note
Select Committee on Public Revenue [, , , , and ], Bill, to Nauvoo City Council, , Hancock Co., IL, 31 Oct. 1842; handwriting of , , and ; signature of JS; endorsement and docket in handwriting of ; eighteen pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, CHL.
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any time before judgment to [be] pronuced [pronounced] against said lands or Lots <or> to the Clerk at any time before the report of the Assessor and collector shall be delivered to the Marshall, and to the Marshall at any time before the sale of the same
Sec 26} The Clerk of the Municipal court <shall> attend all sales of lands or City lots made by the Marshall under the provisions of this ordinance and shall keep a register of the sales in a Book to be provided for that purpose in which he shall enter each lot or parcel of land exposed to sale by the Marshall copying the description of the same from the advertisement, and when a sale is made he shall enter the name of the purchaser, his place of residence, the grants of land sold, and when any tract or parcel of land is run down, shall designate what part of said tract is sold, and the amount of the sale, and give certificates of purchase to the purchaser:
sec 27) sales of City lots or other lands under this ordinance shall be made between the hours of ten o clock A M and three o clock P M and continue from day to day if necessary until all is sold. And if no fees or offers to pay the said amount of tax and cost due thereon for the whole tract or <of> land or Lot offered by the Marshall the same shall be struck off to the and the set down as the purchaser thereof
Sec 28) When a portion of any such lot or tract of land shall be struck off on any bid it shall be taken off from an average quality of the same considered without the building that may be found thereon [p. 14]