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Minutes, 8 July 1843, as Recorded in Nauvoo Legion Minute Book

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Nauvoo Legion Court-Martial, Minutes,
Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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, Hancock Co., IL, 8 July 1843. Version copied [ca. 1844] in Nauvoo Legion Minute Book, pp. 36–65; handwriting of
Hosea Stout

18 Sept. 1810–2 Mar. 1889. Farmer, teacher, carpenter, sawmill operator, lawyer. Born near Pleasant Hill, Mercer Co., Kentucky. Son of Joseph Stout and Anna Smith. Moved to Union Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, 1819; to Wilmington, Clinton Co., fall 1824; to...

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; Nauvoo Legion Records, CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note to Nauvoo Legion Minute Book, Feb. 1841–Oct. 1844.
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. Minutes, 20 May–8 July 1843 Minutes, 8 July 1843, as Recorded in Nauvoo Legion Minute Book Nauvoo Legion Minute Book, February 1841–October 1844

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And the Collector, or any person authorized to collect fines, under the provisions of this act, who shall neglect or refuse to pay over the amount so collected, as required by the foregoing warrant, after deducting twenty per cent. which shall be his fees for collecting <​collection​>.
It shall be the duty of the paymaster to whom the returns were to be made, to proceed against such collector, as aforesaid or his securities, before any justice of the peace of said county or any court having proper jurisdiction; and the said collector and his securities shall only be exhonorated from the payment of the amount of such fines by showing to the satisfaction of said <​such​> justice or court, as aforesaid, <​that​> there was no property whereon to levy, of which such fine or fines could be made, or that the collection had been suspended by order of the President of the Court issueing the same, in conformity to the provisions of this act; and if any one, authorised to collect fines under the provisions of this act, shall neglect or refuse to do his duty he shall be fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, at the descretion of a cou court-martial detailed by the person issueing the warrant or may be cashiered by a court martial detailed by the Major General
Sec. 28 That the following forfeitures and penalties shall be incured for delinquiences, on Cohort and
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A contingent of the Illinois state militia provided for in the Nauvoo city charter. The Nauvoo Legion was organized into two cohorts: one infantry and one cavalry. Each cohort could potentially comprise several thousand men and was overseen by a brigadier...

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parades days, to wit; the Lieutenant and Major General, thirty dollars, Brevet Major Generals and Brigadier Generals twenty five dollars, Brevet Brigadier Generals and Colonels, or any officer holding the rank thereof, fifteen dollars, Lieutenant Colonels and Majors, or any officer holding the rank thereof ten dollars, Captains, or any officer holding the rank thereof six dollars, Lieutenants, or any officer holding the rank thereof four dollars, non-commissioned officers, musicians, and [p. 51]
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Minutes, 8 July 1843, as Recorded in Nauvoo Legion Minute Book
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