Bill from William Law and Others, circa 30 January 1843
Source Note
Committee of Claims [, , and ], Bill, to Nauvoo City Council, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, ca. 30 Jan. 1843; handwriting of and ; endorsement and docket in handwriting of ; three pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, CHL.
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may inter their dead without the assistance of the Sexton, and they are hereby required to make a due return to the Sexton of each Case of interment so made, within three days thereafter.
Sec. 4. The City Sexton <shall> is hereby keep a Book of Record in which he shall record the names and ages of <all> the persons deceased, <coming to his knowledge,> & the nature of the diseases of which they died, and to enable him the <better> so to do, he is to procure such information as he may require from the Persons referred to in Section two (2,) of this Ordinance, and he shall <also> make a weekly report for publication, to the Editor of some newspaper published in this , for which services, he is to receive the sum of five Cents for each Person deceased, to be paid <annually> out of the City Treasury, upon an Order made by the <City> Council for that purpose.
Sec. 5. Should the City Sexton be unable to procure his pay from the relatives <or assetts> of the Deceased, or from the Overseers of the Poor, upon subs[t]antiating these facts to the satisfaction of the City Council, he shall receive pay therefor out of the City Treasury.