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Minutes, 1 March 1841, Copy

Source Note

Nauvoo City Council, Minutes, , Hancock Co., IL, 1 Mar. 1841. Featured version copied [ca. 1 Mar. 1841] in Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, pp. 11–15; handwriting of ; CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845.

Historical Introduction

On 1 March 1841 the , Illinois, city council met for the fifth time since the council was created. As with previous meetings, the council met at ’s house. In all city council meetings to date, JS had played an active role as a city councilor. This 1 March meeting was no different, and these minutes are presented to provide an example of JS’s participation on the council. JS offered one resolution, made two motions respecting city appointments, and presented six city ordinances, all of which passed. Two of the ordinances JS introduced placed particular emphasis on protecting liberties and constitutional rights for people in Nauvoo, something JS and his coreligionists found lacking in . The passage of these ordinances highlights the commitment of the city council to guarantee civil, political, and religious liberty to all in Nauvoo.
recorded the minutes of the 1 March 1841 city council meeting in a notebook. Those original minutes were then used by Sloan to record the official minutes in the city council’s ledger. The official minutes are featured here.

Footnotes

  1. [1]

    See, for example, Minutes, 3 Feb. 1841.

  2. [2]

    For more on the Latter-day Saint experience in Missouri, see “Joseph Smith Documents from February 1838 through August 1839.”

Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. Minutes, 1 March 1841 Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February–December 1841 *Minutes, 1 March 1841, Copy Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845

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City offices which was read three times, and passed, to Wit:
An Ordinance Creating certain additional City Offices therein named.
Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of , That in addition to the City officers heretofore elected, there shall be elected by the city council, one High Constable, for each ward, one surveyor and Engineer, one Market Master, one Weigher and Sealer and one Collector for the , whose duties shall hereafter be defined by Ordinance.
Sec. 2. This ordinance to take effect, and be in force from and after its Passage.
Passed March 1st. 1841.—
, Mayor.
Recorder.
The following appointments were made (by the City Council,) of High Constables for the .
1st. Ward 3rd. Ward
2nd. " 4th. "
was Sworn into office.
Colr. J. Smith moved, that the office of Supervisor of Streets be declared vacant in consequence of the Supervisor being necessarily absent from the , which was carried unanimously.
was appointed Supervisor of Streets. The City was then appointed to act as Supervisor of Streets in the absence of that officer, and was sworn in.
Colr. J. Smith offered the following Resolution, which was seconded and Carried.— Resolved. That the give notice to the person having encumbrance on the Street at ’s House, and oblige him to have same removed within ten days.
Upon Motion of , it was resolved, that all nuisances on the Street which runs along the be removed by the Supervisor.
Colr. [p. 14]
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Minutes, 1 March 1841, Copy
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JSP, D8:49–55
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Footnotes

  1. [10]

    Cowles was appointed to this position on 3 February 1841 and was sworn into office on 8 February. Cowles apparently left the city thereafter but had returned to Nauvoo by 30 March, when William Marks chose and ordained him as a counselor in the Nauvoo stake presidency. (See Minutes, 3 Feb. 1841; Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 8 Feb. 1841, 7; and Nauvoo High Council Minutes, 30 Mar. 1841.)

    Nauvoo High Council Minutes, 1839–1845. CHL. LR 3102 22.

  2. [11]

    For more information on this office, see Minutes, 3 Feb. 1841.

  3. [12]

    Henry G. Sherwood served as Nauvoo city marshal and, according to these minutes, temporarily served as supervisor of streets. James Allred was sworn in as supervisor of streets at the next city council meeting. (Minutes, 3 Feb. 1841; Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 8 Mar. 1841, 15.)

  4. [13]

    John C. Annis, the owner of a sawmill in the southwest part of the city, was apparently stacking logs in the street, thereby blocking traffic to Sidney Rigdon’s home on the north side of Parley Street. (See Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 8 Mar. 1841, 15; see also Historian’s Office, JS History, Draft Notes, 15 Mar. 1841.)

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