Bill to Incorporate the City of Nauvoo, between 4 October and 12 December 1840
Source Note
Bill to Incorporate and Establish the City of Nauvoo, [, Sangamon Co., IL], between 4 Oct. and 12 Dec. 1840; handwriting of ; twelve pages; Newel K. Whitney, Papers, BYU.
charged with a tax; and whenever it shall be necessary to take property, the Marshal shall give ten days’ notice, by advertizement, in three of the most public places in the corporation, or in a newspaper, published or generally taken in said , before he shall make distress for the collection of any tax; and in case the tax on any lot, or part of a lot, remain unpaid three months after the expiration of the time by this act allowed for the collection thereof, then the Marshal shall give notice in some newspaper, published or generally taken in said , stating the amount of such tax, and the number of the lot on which it is due; and that the same will be sold to dis-charge said tax, unless payment thereof be made within two months from the date of such advertizement; and if such tax be not paid within that time, he shall proceed, after giving thirty days’ notice of the time and place of sale in some newspaper generally taken in said , to sell, [p. 9]