Bill to Incorporate the City of Nauvoo, between 4 October and 12 December 1840
Bill to Incorporate the City of Nauvoo, between 4 October and 12 December 1840
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Bill for an Act to Incorporate the City of , [, Sangamon Co., IL, between ca. 27 Dec. and 12 Dec. 1840]; handwriting of various unidentified scribes; twenty pages; 12th General Assembly, 1840–1841, House Bill No. 219 [Senate Bill no. 3], Illinois General Assembly, “Bills, Resolutions, and Related General Assembly Records,” 1st–98th Bienniums, 1819–2015, Record Series 600.001, Illinois State Archives, Springfield.
Historical Introduction
Historical Introduction
See Historical Introduction to Act to Incorporate the City of Nauvoo, 16 December 1840.
require of the male inhabitants of [the] over the age of twenty one [and] under fifty years to labour on [said] streets, lanes, avenues and al[leys] not exceeding three days in [each] years. Any person failing to p[erform] Such labours when duly notified by the supervisor shall forfeit [and] pay the sum of one dollar per day for each day so neglected or refused,
Sec 27. The city council shall [have] power to provide for the punishm[en]t of offenders by imprisonment [in the] or jail in all ca[ses] [whe]n such offenders shall [fail] [or re]fuse to pay the fines and [for]fitures which may be recover[ed] [ag]ainst them,
Sec. 28 This Act is hereby declared to be a public act, and shall take effect on the first mon[day] of February next
passed H. Reps
Dec. 12. 1840
J[ohn] Calhoun Clk— H. R. [p. [19]]
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