Letter, John Taylor and Others to Thomas Ford, between 12 May and 1 June 1843, Draft
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Committee of Vigilance [, , and ], Draft of Letter, , Hancock Co., IL, to , , Sangamon Co., IL, between 12 May and 1 June 1843; handwriting of ; two pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, CHL.See also Minutes, 12 May 1843.

The undersigned a committee of the City Council of appointed to address your on the subject of Commissions for Mayor & Alderman of said by leave to state
On a careful & attentive perusal of the act of incorporation for said we are of the opinion your will clearly perceive that the inhabitants of said are invested with plenary powers to govern themselves by their representatives in Council assembled, and to make ordain & establish such laws as they may deem requisite for the peace benefit welfare & convenience of the inhabitants of said not inconsistent with the laws of this or of the Sec 11— By reference to Sections 4. 9 & 10 and from the whole tenor and general spirit of the instrument your we think cannot fail to conclude that it formed no part of the design of the grantors to impose a single onerous or irksome obligation upon the inhabitants of said and that it could never have been designed by the General Assembly who granted the Charter that the bonds of the Mayor & Aldermen required by the 16th Section of that instrument should be filed of the office of the Clerk of the County Commissioners Court is we think abundantly manifest by the provision by a recorder the prescription of his duties and the express provission of the 10th. Section that the bonds of all officers created by this act shall be exacted by the City Council as they may deem expedient The mayor & aldermen acting under the [p. [1]]
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