Minutes, 21 December 1843

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Nauvoo City Council, Minutes,
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Willard Richards
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The Mayor offered to build a jail if they would leave it to him, and he was authorized so to do

The Mayor referred to the statutes.— and the criminel code of the .

moved & carri[e]d <unoninosly [unanimously]> that the old committee on the < be dropped on the committee on the> criminal code be droppedf. & C. Substituted.—

The Mayor proposed as soon as opportunity presents we vote for our own Court house &c—

<3 oclock> Adjourned to next regular meeting.— [p. 30]

The Mayor offered to build a jail if they would leave it to him, and he was authorized so to do

The Mayor referred to the statutes.— and the criminel code of the .

moved & carried unoninosly [unanimously] that be dropped on the committee on the criminal code . & C. Substituted.—

The Mayor proposed as soon as opportunity presents we vote for our own Court house &c—

3 oclock Adjourned to next regular meeting.— [p. 30]

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Editorial Title
Minutes, 21 December 1843
ID #
17121
Total Pages
6
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- Willard Richards
Footnotes
1. 21
  Phelps replaced Emmons as a councilor pro tempore at the previous city council meeting. (See Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 16 Dec. 1843, 194.)
2. 22
  According to JS’s journal, which Willard Richards kept in addition to these minutes, JS remained “till. 2 P M.” (JS, Journal, 21 Dec. 1843, in JSP, J3:149.)
3. 23
  The city council met again for a special session on 29 December 1843. The next regular city council session took place on 13 January 1844. (Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, 29 Dec. 1843, 30; 13 Jan. 1844, 41; see also Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 29 Dec. 1843, 199; 13 Jan. 1844, 200.)

Minutes, 21 December 1843

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