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.
tion; Provided, That no survey shall ever be made therein which does not conform to the city plot of .
Passed, February 22, 1841.
, Mayor.
, Recorder,
AN ORDINANCE DIVIDING THE CITY INTO WARDS.
Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the City Council of the city of , That the be, and the same hereby is, divided into four wards, as follows; to wit: all that district of country, within the city limits, north of the centre of Knight street, and west of the centre of Wells street, shall constitute the First Ward; all north of the centre of Knight street, and east of the centre of Wells street, the Second Ward; all south of the centre of Knight street, and east of the centre of Wells street, the Third Ward; and all south of the centre of Knight street, and west of the centre of Wells street, the Fourth Ward of said .
Sec. 2. Each ward shall be entitled to the following representation in the City Council; to wit: one Alderman and two Councillors; Provided, That the Fourth Ward shall be entitled to three Councillors;—and the Mayor for the at large.
Sec. 3. The Aldermen and Councillors already elected be the general ticket system, shall be assigned as follows, for the first term; to wit: , Alderman; and and , Councillors for the first ward;—, Alderman; and and Councillors, for the second ward;—, Alderman; and and , Councillors, for the third ward;—, Alderman; and Joseph Smith, and , Councillors, for the fourth ward of said .
Sec. 4. This ordinance to take effect, and be in force, from and after its passage.
Passed, March 1, 1841.
, Mayor,
, Recorder.
AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO ROADS AND TOWN PLOTS.
Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the City Council of the city of , That all state and county roads within the limits of this , excepting where they occupy the same ground as the city streets, and the original surveys and plots of the old town of , and , be, and the same hereby are vacated.
Sec. 2. This ordinance to take effect, and to be in force, from and after its passage.