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Nauvoo City Council Meeting, 10 August 1844

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The following is a calendar of documents known to be related to this meeting of the city council. In cases where there are multiple versions of documents, particularly city ordinances, all versions are listed here, with links to versions that are extant. Documents are listed on this calendar only when there is evidence that a separate document was created. Because it is not clear that parliamentary procedure was consistently followed in city council meetings, mere mention of a motion in the minutes is not sufficient evidence that a separate document was created as a result. For more information, see Introduction to Nauvoo City Council Records.

1844 (25)
August (25)
8 August 1844
Davis McOlney and Others, Petition, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to Nauvoo City Council
1
Petition that the City Council will do something that will give people confidence that the city scrip will pass current in the city. This petition was presented and discussed at the 10 August 1844 City Council meeting. A bill for an ordinance concerning city scrip to pay the police was presented and ordered to be laid on the table. (Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, Feb. 1844–Jan. 1845, 42–45.)
8 Aug. 1844; Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL; unidentified handwriting; signatures of petitioners.

9 August 1844
John C. Annis, Petition, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to Nauvoo City Council
1
Petition for permission to erect a water mill at the old mill. This petition was presented at the 10 August 1844 City Council meeting and ordered to lie on the table. Later in the same meeting it was reconsidered and granted. (Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, Feb. 1844–Jan. 1845, 41, 42.)
9 Aug. 1844; Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL; handwriting of John C. Annis.

10 August 1844
Nauvoo City Council, Minutes, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL
10 Aug. 1844. Not extant.
Ca. 10 Aug. 1844; Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, Feb. 1844–Jan. 1845, 41–45; handwriting of Willard Richards; signature of Daniel Spencer.
14 Aug. 1844; “City Council,” Nauvoo Neighbor, 14 Aug. 1844, [3].

Ca. 10 August 1844
Reuben Atwood and Others, Petition, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to Nauvoo City Council
1
Petition to open Ann Street from Water Street to the corporation line. This petition was presented at the 10 August 1844 City Council meeting and granted. (Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, Feb. 1844–Jan. 1845, 41.)
Ca. 10 Aug. 1844; Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL; handwriting of Richard Harrison; signatures of petitioners.

10 August 1844
Nauvoo City Council, Approval of Petition, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, 10 Aug. 1844–A
1
Approval of petition to open Ann Street from Water Street to the corporation line. (See Petition from Reuben Atwood and Others, ca. 10 Aug. 1844.)
Ca. 10 Aug. 1844; Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 214; handwriting of Thomas Bullock.

Ca. 10 August 1844
Willard Richards, Claim, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to Nauvoo City Council
1
Richards submitted a receipt from James Brewer to Richards as a claim for reimbursement.
Ca. 10 Aug. 1844; Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL; handwriting presumably of James Brewer.

10 August 1844
Nauvoo City Council, Approval of Claim, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL
1
Approval that the estate of JS be allowed sixteen dollars to satisfy the board bill of James Brewer. (See Claim from Willard Richards, ca. 10 Aug. 1844.)

10 August 1844
Bill, to Nauvoo City Council, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, 10 Aug. 1844–A
1
Bill for an ordinance concerning brothels and disorderly characters.
2
See Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, Feb. 1844–Jan. 1845, 41.

10 August 1844
Nauvoo City Council, Ordinance, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, 10 Aug. 1844–A
1
Ordinance concerning brothels and disorderly characters.
10 Aug. 1844; Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL; handwriting of Thomas Bullock and Willard Richards; signature of George W. Harris.
Ca. 10 Aug. 1844; Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 214–215; handwriting of Thomas Bullock.
14 Aug. 1844; “An Ordinance Concerning Brothels and Disorderly Characters,” Nauvoo Neighbor, 14 Aug. 1844, [3].

10 August 1844
Willard Richards, Report, to Nauvoo City Council, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL
1
Attendance Report for the City Council from 10 February to 13 July 1844.
10 Feb. 1844; Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL; handwriting of Willard Richards.

10 August 1844
Nauvoo City Council, Minute Entry, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, 10 Aug. 1844–A
1
The recorder’s semi-annual report of the attendance of the city council was read and the council ordered that various people be paid for their services.

10 August 1844
Nauvoo City Council, Minute Entry, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, 10 Aug. 1844–B
1
The city council sanctioned the proceedings of John P. Greene with Amos Davis.

10 August 1844
Nauvoo City Council, Resolution, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL
1
Resolution that Hiram Kimball be instructed to settle for the Nauvoo Expositor as soon as the proprietors of the press will indemnify the City Council from all suits.
Ca. 10 Aug. 1844; Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, Feb. 1844–Jan. 1845, 42; handwriting of Willard Richards.

10 August 1844
Nauvoo City Council, Approval of Petition, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, 10 Aug. 1844–B
1
Approval of John C. Annis’s petition to erect a water mill. (See Petition from John C. Annis, 9 Aug. 1844.)

10 August 1844
Nauvoo City Council, Resignation of Fees, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL
1
Several members of the City Council relinquished their pay as councilors in order to help pay the city police.

10 August 1844
Nauvoo City Council, Appointment of Daniel Spencer, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL
1
Appointment as mayor until the next general election.
2
See also “Mayor of Nauvoo,” Nauvoo Neighbor, 14 Aug. 1844, [2].
Comprehensive Works Cited
Nauvoo Neighbor. Nauvoo, IL. 1843–1845.

10 August 1844
Bill, to Nauvoo City Council, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, 10 Aug. 1844–B
1
Bill for an ordinance concerning city scrip to pay the police. This bill was presented and discussed at the 10 August 1844 City Council meeting. It was ordered to be laid on the table. There is no indication in the minutes that it was ever taken up again. (Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, Feb. 1844–Jan. 1845, 44–45; see also Petition from Davis McOlney and Others, 8 Aug. 1844.)
10 Aug. 1844; Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL; handwriting of Thomas Bullock.

10 August 1844
Bill, to Nauvoo City Council, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, 10 Aug. 1844–C
1
Bill for an ordinance to amend an ordinance regulating the fees and compensation of the several offices therein mentioned. This bill served as a draft of the ordinance below, and is the version signed by Daniel Spencer as mayor. (See Ordinance, 14 Jan. 1843–B; and Ordinance, 10 Aug. 1844–B.)
10 Aug. 1844; Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL; unidentified handwriting; signature of Daniel Spencer.

10 August 1844
Nauvoo City Council, Ordinance, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, 10 Aug. 1844–B
1
Ordinance amending an ordinance regulating the fees and compensation of the several officers and persons therein mentioned. (See Bill, 10 Aug. 1844–C.)
2
See Bill, 10 Aug. 1844–C.

Ca. 10 Aug. 1844; Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL; handwriting of John McEwan and Willard Richards.
14 Aug. 1844; “An Ordinance to Amend an Ordinance Entitled an Ordinance Regulating Fess and Compensation of the Several Officers and Persons Therein Mentioned, Passed January 14th, 1843,” Nauvoo Neighbor, 14 Aug. 1844, [3].

10 August 1844
Nauvoo City Council, Minute Entry, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, 10 Aug. 1844–C
1
Daniel Spencer nominated William W. Phelps for his clerk which was approved.

10 August 1844
Daniel Spencer, Oath, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL
1
Oath as mayor of Nauvoo.
Ca. 10 Aug. 1844; Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, Feb. 1844–Jan. 1845, 45; handwriting of Willard Richards; signature of Daniel Spencer.

Ca. 10 August 1844
George A. Smith, Resignation, to Nauvoo City Council, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL
1
Resignation as city alderman.
Ca. 10 Aug. 1844; Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL; handwriting of George A. Smith; signature in handwriting of Willard Richards.

10 August 1844
Nauvoo City Council, Minute Entry, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, 10 Aug. 1844–D
1
The resignation of George A. Smith was accepted.

10 August 1844
Nauvoo City Council, Minute Entry, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, 10 Aug. 1844–E
1
The acting assessors and collectors of the city wards were unanimously reelected.

Between ca. 20 and ca. 30 August 1844
Nauvoo City Council, Minute Entry, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL
1
Assessors and collectors filed their bonds.
Between ca. 20 and ca. 30 Aug. 1844. Not extant.
Ca. 14 Dec. 1844; Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 227; handwriting of Thomas Bullock.

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