The Mayor offered to build a jail if they would leave it to him, and he was authorized so to do
The Mayor referred to the statutes.— and the criminel code of the .
moved & carri[e]d <unoninosly [unanimously]> that the old committee on the < be dropped on the committee on the> criminal code bedroppedf. & C. Substituted.—
The Mayor proposed as soon as opportunity presents we vote for our own Court house &c—
<3 oclock> Adjourned to next regular meeting.— [p. 30]
According to JS’s journal, which Willard Richards kept in addition to these minutes, JS remained “till. 2 P M.” (JS, Journal, 21 Dec. 1843, in JSP, J3:149.)
The city council met again for a special session on 29 December 1843. The next regular city council session took place on 13 January 1844. (Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, 29 Dec. 1843, 30; 13 Jan. 1844, 41; see also Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 29 Dec. 1843, 199; 13 Jan. 1844, 200.)