Bill to Incorporate the Church, 14 December 1840

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A Bill to incorporate the
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of , represented in the General Assembly, That Joseph Smith, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and their associates and successors, the officers and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, commonly called Mormons, are hereby created, constituted and declared to be, a body corporate and politic, with perpetual succession, with all and singular the powers, privileges, and prerogatives, of a corporation, by the name of the “Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,” the of which, in conjunction with the General Assembly of said church, or the General of said church, shall constitute the law-making department of the corporation for all secular purposes, with full power and authority to do all such acts as they may consider necessary for the welfare and prosperity of said church, and the [p. [1]]
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of , represented in the General Assembly, That Joseph Smith, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and their associates and successors, the officers and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, commonly called Mormons, are hereby created, constituted and declared to be, a body corporate and politic, with perpetual succession, with all and singular the powers, privilege, and prerogatives, of a corporation, by the name of the “Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,” the of which, in conjunction with the General Assembly of said church, or the General of said church, shall constitute the law-making department of the corporation for all secular purposes, with full power and authority to do all such acts as they may consider necessary for the welfare and prosperity of said church, and the [p. [1]]
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