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Nauvoo City Council, Minutes, , Hancock Co., IL, 12 Oct. 1844; handwriting of John McEwan; signatures of and ; six pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, CHL.
any person shall sell or give away, <or> dispose of to be drank in this in less quantity than one gallon any Spirituous or intoxicating drink or liquors <except in cases of sickness> without first obtaining such license they shall pay a fine <for each and every offence> of not less than 25 and not more than 400 hundred dollars to be tried before the Mayor.——
Sect. 3. And be it further ordained that all ordinances or parts of ordinances or private grants <concerning spirituous & other liquors> repugnant to the intent and meaning of this ordinance, are hereby repealed.
Sect. 4. And be it further ordained that if any person shall be convicted, before the Mayor, of drunkenness in this he, she or they shall be fined twenty dollars:— This fine may be paid in labor upon the public streets or other public works of this city at the discretion of the Mayor.
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This ordinance to be in full force from & after its passage <passed oct 12>
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Moved & secd & carried that the call upon to assist him in the law suits against the city council—
No. 1. Moved & secd & carried that the be responsible for the amount which the committee appointed to settle for the Nauvoo expositor [p. [4]]
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Signature of Daniel Spencer.
Signature of Willard Richards.