Revised Laws of the Nauvoo Legion, circa 8 July 1843, Copy
Source Note
Revised Laws of the Nauvoo Legion, [, Hancock Co., IL], ca. 8 July 1843. Version copied [ca. 13 Jan. 1844]; handwriting of ; eighteen pages; Nauvoo Legion Records, CHL.
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parade at 10 o’clock A.M. at which hour the roll shall be <required> called and shall be required to perform not less than four nor more than six hours duty each day, as aforsaid, Provided however, that on days of Cohort and parades the commandants thereof may have power to order the time and place of holding the parades, as aforsaid, as they may deem proper.
Sec. 23. That there shall be a Legion or Division Court of Inquiry and assessment of fines, to be composed of the Major General as president, the Brigadier Generals, <&> the Drill officer, as members; and the Adjutant General as Secretary, It shall be the duty of said court to assess fines on all delinquent officers, noncommissioned officers on all officer drill parades, and also all delinquent General officers or any of their staff, on all Cohort or Legion parades, in conformity to the provisions of this act.
Sec 24. That there shall be a Regimental Court of inquiry and assessment of fines, in each regiment, to be composed of the Colonel as president, <the> Lieutenant Colonel, Major, and Captains as members, and the Adjutant as Secretary. It shall be the duty of said Court to assess fines on all delinquent officers, non commissioned officers, musicians and privates belonging to such Regiments in conformity to the provisions of this act.
Sec. 25. That it shall likewise be the duty of each Court of assessment to fine any member of said court who does not attend the same according to the provisions of this act.
Sec. 26. That each Court of assessment shall meet at 10 o’clock AM. and continue in session from time to time, by adjournment, untill all the buisness shall be finished at such places as the presidents respectively may appoint on the Regimental and Legion parades, and it shall be the duty of all delinquents so returned to appear without further notice at said court, to make a lawful excuse if any they have; and should any person feel themselves aggrieved by the decision of said Court they may appeal to the president of the board who shall have power to remit the fine.
Sec. 27. That it shall not be lawful for any officer to remit fines u[n]less upon the testimony of the person applying upon oath, or other satisfactory evidence, it shall appear that he was out of the County on the day on which he was required to do duty, or in case of sickness with himself or family; or that he was detained by the requirements of the civic law, or that he was not subject to <do> duty in the company, staff, or corps, in which he was returned as a delinquent, or that he did duty in the company to which he belongs according to law. And it shall be the duty of all officers authorized to remit fines as aforsaid, to cause the secretary of the board of assessment to keep a record of the same in a book [p. 8]