Rifles &c. and draw his wheat, flour grain, fodder &c for the companies he works for.
A conversation then ensued in regard to the vote taken about two weeks ago to keep strangers out of the except they present an order from the .
Coun. moved that the vote be modified.
Coun. made some remarks in support of the course of the police who have guarded the .
Coun. thought the police had not understood their instructions They had attempted to stop and himself from going into the and he thought it was uncalled for & he paid no regard to it. [p. [83]]
This may refer to an ad hoc council held on 16 September at which the leaders of the Nauvoo police decided to have guards posted at the temple night and day in order to prevent strangers from entering the temple block. (Hosea Stout, Reminiscences and Journal, 16 Sept. 1845; Clayton, Journal, 17 Sept. 1845.)
Stout, Hosea. Reminiscences and Journals, 1845–1869. Microfilm. CHL. Originals at Utah State Historical Society, Salt Lake City. Also available as On the Mormon Frontier: The Diary of Hosea Stout, 1844–1861, edited by Juanita Brooks, 2 vols. (1964. Reprint, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press; Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1982).