City Charter: Laws, Ordinances, and Acts, July 1842
Source Note
The City Charter: Laws, Ordinances, and Acts of the City Council of the City of Nauvoo. And Also, the Ordinances of the Nauvoo Legion: From the Commencement of the City to this Date, [1]–32 pp.; Nauvoo, IL: Nauvoo City Council, 1842. The copy used for transcription is held at CHL; includes archival markings.
Sec. 2. The Board named in the 1st section of this ordinance shall hold its first meeting at the of Joseph Smith, on Tuesday, the 9th of February, 1841, at 2 o’clock, P. M.
Sec. 3. This ordinance shall take effect, and be in force, from and after its passage.
Passed, February 3, 1841.
, Mayor.
, Recorder.
VOTE OF THANKS TO THE AND OTHERS.
Resolved, By the City Council of the City of , That the unfeigned thanks of this community be respectfully tendered to the , Council of Revision, and Legislature of the State of , as a feeble testimonial of their respect and esteem for noble, high-minded, and patriotic statesmen, and as an evidence of gratitude for the signal powers recently conferred—and that the citizens of be held in everlasting remembrance for their unparalelled liberality and marked kindness to our people, when in their greatest state of suffering and want.
Passed, February 3, 1841.
, Mayor.
, Recorder.
AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of , That should any member of the City Council absent himself from, or neglect or refuse to attend, any regular or special meeting of said council, for more than thirty minutes after the time appointed, or should the Marshal or Recorder be guilty of a like offence, they shall be fined in the sum of two dollars for each offence.
Sec. 2. Should any member of said council neglect or refuse to attend said meetings, forthwith, on a summons from the Mayor, served by the Marshal, or special messenger of said council, he shall be fined in the sum of twenty-five dollars, for each offence; Provided, That the City Council may, on good cause shown, remit any fine herein, or by this ordinance assessed.
Sec. 3. The above fines to be collected as other debts before the Mayor, at the suit of the city corporation. This ordinance to take effect, and be in force, from and after its passage.