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Ordinance, 12 July 1842–A

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Nauvoo City Council, Ordinance,
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, 12 July 1842. Version copied [ca. 12 July 1842] in Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, pp. 88–93; handwriting of
James Sloan

28 Oct. 1792–24 Oct. 1886. City recorder, notary public, attorney, judge, farmer. Born in Donaghmore, Co. Tyrone, Ireland. Son of Alexander Sloan and Anne. Married Mary Magill. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ordained an elder, ...

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Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. Ordinance, 12 July 1842–A Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845 Ordinance, 12 July 1842–A, as Published in the Wasp

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Securities, in the Sum of two thousand Dollars, for the honest and due performance of all the duties required by Law.
Sec. 2. That no Person or Persons whatsoever, save and except as set forth in the sixth Section of this ordinance, shall, after the passage of this Act, sell or dispose to Sale, by way of Vendue, or Auction, any property, real or personal, within the City of
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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, except he or they be authorized by the Mayor or City Council, and subject to the same Laws that refer to the City Auctioneer or Acutioneers, and that if any Person or Persons shall be found selling or disposing of any Property, real or personal, within said
City

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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, by way of Vendue or Auction, otherwise than as in manner herein prescribed; such Person or Persons so offending, and being thereof lawfully Convicted, shall forfeit and pay to the Corporation, a sum not exceeding twenty five Dollars for every lot which he or they shall have so sold, as also the auctioneers fees, and duties, specified in this Act, upon any Sale or Sales which may have been made by such Person or Persons before detection, one half to go to the Corporation, and the other half to the informer.
Sec. 3. That every Auctioneer or Auctioneers who may be appointed for this
City

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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, shall receive all articles which he or they shall be required to sell at Auction, giving his or their receipt for the same, if required, and within two days after any Sale made, shall deliver a fair account of the same, and pay the Amount thereof to the Person or Persons entitled thereto, deducting therefrom the duties, fees, Commissions and charges hereafter allowed, that is to say, to said Auctioneer or Auctioneers, on the Amount of every Sale of Property of any description, where the Amount of Sales shall not exceed the Sum of fifty Dollars, a Commission, fee, or sum at the rate of ten per Cent, where the Amount of Sales shall exceed [p. 89]
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