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Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 3, 6 May 1845–13 January 1846
6 May 1845 • Tuesday, continued Page 1 10 May 1845 • Saturday Page 4 9 September 1845 • Tuesday Page 13 30 September 1845 • Tuesday Page 33 4 October 1845 • Saturday Page 42 11 January 1846 • Sunday Page 85 13 January 1846 • Tuesday Page 109
Source Note
See source note under Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845.
Historical Introduction
See historical introduction under Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845.
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property—and finish the
Temple
Located in portion of Nauvoo known as the bluff. JS revelation dated Jan. 1841 commanded Saints to build temple and hotel (Nauvoo House). Cornerstone laid, 6 Apr. 1841. Saints volunteered labor, money, and other resources for temple construction. Construction...
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and perhaps the
Nauvoo House
Located in lower portion of Nauvoo (the flats) along bank of Mississippi River. JS revelation, dated 19 Jan. 1841, instructed Saints to build boardinghouse for travelers and immigrants. Construction of planned three-story building to be funded by fifty-dollar...
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, for he believes they can both be finish’d as well as not and for his part he is willing to leave all his property to finish these two houses. When the Legislature sits again
brother Babbit
Oct. 1812–Sept. 1856. Postmaster, editor, attorney. Born at Cheshire, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Son of Ira Babbitt and Nancy Crosier. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ca. 1830. Located in Amherst, Lorain Co., Ohio, July 1831....
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will be there and
Mr [Jacob B.] Backenstos
8 Oct. 1811–25 Sept. 1857. Merchant, sheriff, soldier, politician, land speculator. Born at Lower Paxton, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania. Son of Jacob Backenstos and Margaretha Theis. Member of Lutheran Reformed Church. Married Sarah Lavina Lee, niece of Robert...
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,
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Babbitt and Backenstos served as the representatives from Hancock County at the previous session of the Illinois legislature.
and perhaps they will have influence enough to get the Legislature to divide the
County
Formed from Pike Co., 1825. Described in 1837 as predominantly prairie and “deficient in timber.” Early settlers came mainly from mid-Atlantic and southern states. Population in 1835 about 3,200; in 1840 about 9,900; and in 1844 at least 15,000. Carthage ...
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and make this the County seat. The Government has ordered that no Taxes shall be collected in this
State
Became part of Northwest Territory of U.S., 1787. Admitted as state, 1818. Population in 1840 about 480,000. Population in 1845 about 660,000. Plentiful, inexpensive land attracted settlers from northern and southern states. Following expulsion from Missouri...
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till May and he has no doubt their object is to have us go away without a privileges
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TEXT: Possibly “privilege<s>”.
of paying our taxes, so that our property can be sold for the Taxes and they obtain tax titles to all of it.
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On 7 January, according to the Warsaw Signal, Jacob B. Backenstos, the county sheriff and tax collector, was served an injunction issued by Illinois Supreme Court justice Norman H. Purple, who presided over the circuit court in Hancock County, prohibiting him “from collecting any taxes until after the May Term of the Circuit Court.” A few months later, the Signal indicated what it saw as the motivation for the order (which extended only to Hancock County, not the entire state): “The old settlers of Hancock have paid nearly all the taxes, for several years, which have been received into the County treasury, and they have been squandered by Mormon Commissioners. It is therefore time that they should resist the payment of any more taxes until the Mormon Dynasty is entirely extinct.” In the months following this 11 January meeting, Backenstos attempted to have the injunction overturned and to collect taxes. In May 1846 the circuit court apparently ruled that taxes paid during the injunction and acknowledged by a receipt from the tax collector would be considered valid. Under Illinois law, if property was sold for taxes, the owner had up to two years to redeem it for “double the amount for which the same was sold, and all taxes accruing after such sale.” (“Injunction on the Tax Collector,” Warsaw [IL] Signal, Extra, 8 Jan. 1846, [1], italics in original; “Injunction on the Tax Collector,” Warsaw Signal, 14 Jan. 1846, [2]; Revenue [3 Mar. 1845], Revised Statutes of the State of Illinois [1844–1845], chap. 89, secs. 27, 69, pp. 441, 447; “Collection of Taxes,” Warsaw Signal, 1 Apr. 1846, [2]; “Commissioner’s Court,” Warsaw Signal, 11 Mar. 1846, [1]; “Taxes,” Warsaw Signal, 25 Mar. 1846, [2]; “The Circuit Court,” Warsaw Signal, 27 May 1846, [2].)
Comprehensive Works Cited
Warsaw Signal. Warsaw, IL. 1841–1853.
Revised Statutes of the State of Illinois, Adopted by the General Assembly of Said State, at Its Regular Session, Held in the Years, A. D., 1844–’5. Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1845.
The Catholics have failed to do any thing in regard to buying our property and it seems there is some manouvering among them; probably they want to grab our [p. [87]]
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Babbitt and Backenstos served as the representatives from Hancock County at the previous session of the Illinois legislature.
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TEXT: Possibly “privilege<s>”.
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On 7 January, according to the Warsaw Signal, Jacob B. Backenstos, the county sheriff and tax collector, was served an injunction issued by Illinois Supreme Court justice Norman H. Purple, who presided over the circuit court in Hancock County, prohibiting him “from collecting any taxes until after the May Term of the Circuit Court.” A few months later, the Signal indicated what it saw as the motivation for the order (which extended only to Hancock County, not the entire state): “The old settlers of Hancock have paid nearly all the taxes, for several years, which have been received into the County treasury, and they have been squandered by Mormon Commissioners. It is therefore time that they should resist the payment of any more taxes until the Mormon Dynasty is entirely extinct.” In the months following this 11 January meeting, Backenstos attempted to have the injunction overturned and to collect taxes. In May 1846 the circuit court apparently ruled that taxes paid during the injunction and acknowledged by a receipt from the tax collector would be considered valid. Under Illinois law, if property was sold for taxes, the owner had up to two years to redeem it for “double the amount for which the same was sold, and all taxes accruing after such sale.” (“Injunction on the Tax Collector,” Warsaw [IL] Signal, Extra, 8 Jan. 1846, [1], italics in original; “Injunction on the Tax Collector,” Warsaw Signal, 14 Jan. 1846, [2]; Revenue [3 Mar. 1845], Revised Statutes of the State of Illinois [1844–1845], chap. 89, secs. 27, 69, pp. 441, 447; “Collection of Taxes,” Warsaw Signal, 1 Apr. 1846, [2]; “Commissioner’s Court,” Warsaw Signal, 11 Mar. 1846, [1]; “Taxes,” Warsaw Signal, 25 Mar. 1846, [2]; “The Circuit Court,” Warsaw Signal, 27 May 1846, [2].)
Warsaw Signal. Warsaw, IL. 1841–1853.
Revised Statutes of the State of Illinois, Adopted by the General Assembly of Said State, at Its Regular Session, Held in the Years, A. D., 1844–’5. Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1845.