Nauvoo City Council, Ordinance, , Hancock Co., IL, 31 Oct. 1842; handwriting of ; docket in handwriting of ; fourteen pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, CHL.
Sec. 33. Any person who may accept the appointment of assessor and Collector in any Ward in this , and shall fail to perform the duties required of him, shall forfeit and pay the sum of One hundred Dollars for the use of the to be recovered by Action of Debt in the name of the , and shall moreover be liable for all damages sustained by the by reason of such failure. Provided if any assessor and Collector is unable from sickness or any other unavoidable casualty to discharge his duties, he shall forthwith tender his resignation to the City Recorder, which shall fully discharge him from the penalty aforesaid, and the City Council shall fill said vacancy.
Sec. 34. This ordinance to take effect, and be in force, from and after its passage.
Joseph Smith, Mayor.
passed October 31st. 1842.
, Recorder.
October 31st. 1842.
Copy Ordinance concerning the publick Revenue of the City of .— [p. 14]