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Ordinance, 8 February 1841

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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, 8 Feb. 1841. Version copied [ca. 8 Feb. 1841] in Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, pp. 6–7; 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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Ordinance, 8 February 1841
Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845 Ordinance, 8 February 1841, as Published in Times and Seasons City Charter: Laws, Ordinances, and Acts, July 1842

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An Ordinance in relation to the City Council.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of
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, That should any member of the City Council absent himself from, or neglect or refuse to attend, any regular or special meeting of said Council, for more than thirty minutes after the time appointed, or should the Marshal or Recorder be guilty of a like offence, he shall <​be​> fined in the sum of two Dollars for each offence.
Sec. 2. Should any member of said Council neglect or refuse to attend said Meetings, for[th]with on a summons from the Mayor, served by the Marshal [p. 6]
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