Coun. would suggest further, the propriety of organizing this portion of the under the general corporation act. We could then have as many police as we want, and could restrain grog shops as much as we could under the charter.
Coun. said the Western Mission, , and organization of the have all undergone a thorough examination and would it not be better to leave these matters to an executive council, so that the brethren can attend to their business on their farms and gardens &c.
The had thought of proposing that the council do not meet again untill a week from next saturday. He [p. [263]]
Brigham Young previously suggested incorporating a city under Illinois law. The statute granted towns the “power to declare what shall be considered a nuisance within the limits of the corporation, and to provide for the abatement or removal thereof.” It also likewise authorized the appointment of a town constable “to execute all writs, process and precepts which may be issued against persons for the violation of the laws of the corporation, and to arrest, on view, all persons who may violate such laws.” (Council of Fifty, “Record,” 22 Mar. 1845; Corporations [3 Mar. 1845], Revised Statutes of the State of Illinois [1844–1845], p. 114, secs. 11 and 12.)
Revised Statutes of the State of Illinois, Adopted by the General Assembly of Said State, at Its Regular Session, Held in the Years, A. D., 1844–’5. Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1845.