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Ordinance, 12 July 1842–B, as Recorded in Nauvoo Legion Minute Book

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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. 1844] in Nauvoo Legion Minute Book, pp. 21–22; 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.
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. Ordinance, 12 July 1842–B Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845 Ordinance, 12 July 1842–B, as Published in the Wasp
Ordinance, 12 July 1842–B, as Recorded in Nauvoo Legion Minute Book

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Ordinance of the City Council
July 12th 1842.
An ordinance to amend an ordinance entitled an Ordinance organizing the
Nauvoo Legion

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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passed Feb. 3rd 1841.
Sec. 1. Be it, and it is hereby ordained by the City Council of 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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, That the Lieutenant General of the Nauvoo Legion shall not be required to act as the president of any Court Martial, or of the Legion; also that he may add to his staff a Chief Chaplain with the rank of Colonel.
Sec. 2. That officers may be elected without being nominated by the Court Martial, and that all vacancies shall be filled by lawful elections, and not by granting brevet commissions. [p. 21]
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