Nauvoo City Council, Ordinance, , Hancock Co., IL, 12 Dec. 1843; handwriting of ; endorsement in handwriting of ; docket in handwriting of ; one page; JS Office Papers, CHL.
An Ordinance for selecting for forty policemen and for other purposes.
Sec 1 Be it ordained by the city council of the city of , that the Mayor of said be and he is hereby authorized to select, and have in readiness for all <every> emergency, <forty policemen> and to be at his disposal in maintain[in]g the peace and dignity of the citizens, and enforcing the ordinances of the said ; for ferreting out thieves and bringing them to justice and to act <as daily and nightly> as watchmen and be under the pay of said .