Minutes, 8 December 1843
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Source Note
Nauvoo City Council, Minutes, , Hancock Co., IL, 8 Dec. 1843; in Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, Nov. 1842–Jan. 1844, pp. 23–24; handwriting of ; Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, CHL.

Special Sessions
December 8— 1843. 4. o clock P. M
Names of members called,— Prayer by the mayor. minutes of last council read and approved,
“An extra ordinance for the extra case of Joseph Smith and others,” was read twice, & the third time by its title and passed by unanimous vote.
Also “An ordinance to erect a dam in the and for other purposes” was read, & the rules dispensed with & read read twice by its title. and passed unanimously.
The mayor suggested the idea that the council might pass an ordinance to suspend the operation of the statutes [p. 23]
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