Bill to Incorporate the City of Nauvoo, between 4 October and 12 December 1840
Source Note
Bill to Incorporate and Establish the City of Nauvoo, [, Sangamon Co., IL], between 4 Oct. and 12 Dec. 1840; handwriting of ; twelve pages; Newel K. Whitney, Papers, BYU.
A Bill to incorporate and establish the City of , and for other purposes.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of , represented in the General Assembly, That the north east quarter, and the south east and south west fractional quarters of section two, township six north of range nine west of the fourth principal meridian; also the west half of the south west quarter of section thirty six— the fractional north east quarter of section thirty five, and fractional south east and south west quarters of section thirty five of township seven north of range nine west of the fourth principal meridian— including the town plats of and , <and all the additions thereunto,>— and one <two> miles in every direction from the extreme limits or boundaries of the aforesaid tract of land, being within the county of and State of ; be, and the same is hereby erected into a corporate city, to be known by the name of the “City of Nauvoo.”