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Ordinance, 12 July 1842–A

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Nauvoo City Council, Ordinance,
Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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, Hancock Co., IL, 12 July 1842. Version copied [ca. 12 July 1842] in Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, pp. 88–93; handwriting of
James Sloan

28 Oct. 1792–24 Oct. 1886. City recorder, notary public, attorney, judge, farmer. Born in Donaghmore, Co. Tyrone, Ireland. Son of Alexander Sloan and Anne. Married Mary Magill. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ordained an elder, ...

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Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. Ordinance, 12 July 1842–A Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845 Ordinance, 12 July 1842–A, as Published in the Wasp

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exceed fifty Dollars, and not exceed one hundred Dollars, five per Cent on the amount over the first fifty Dollars, and where the Amount of Sales shall be over one hundred Dollars, three per Cent on the amount so over; and when any Auctioneer shall let by Auction or Vendue, any real property, on ground Rent, he shall be entitled to receive for his use a Commission or fee on a Sum equal to ten Years Amount of such rent, and in all cases when any Article or Articles, or property whatever, shall be actually exposed to Sale, which shall not be sold by reason of its not producing the price at which it may be limited, it shall be lawful for the Auctioneer, so exposing the same, to demand and receive, on the sum at which such Article, Articles, or property shall have been struck off, one fourth of the Commission or fee which said auctioneer would have been entitled to receive for his use had it been actually sold; and every auctioneer who shall demand or receive any fees or Commissions not allowed by law, or greater fees or Commissions than are so allowed, shall forfeit four times the amount of fees and Commissions so demanded or received, one half to go to the use of the Person or Persons on whom such demand shall be made, or from whom such fees or commissions shall be received, and the other half to the use of this Corporation, provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent said Auctioneer from charging and receiving for his use repayment of expenditures or advances made, and a reasonable compensation for storage, and extra trouble, for services rendered.
Sec. 4. That no Auctioneer shall wilfully & knowingly receive Goods for Sale, of any Servant or minor, unless accompanied by a Certificate from the owner or owners thereof, nor expose to public Sale any Real or [p. 90]
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