Ordinance, 21 December 1843
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Source Note
Nauvoo City Council, Ordinance, , Hancock Co., IL, 21 Dec. 1843. Version copied [ca. 21 Dec. 1843] in Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, pp. 197–198; handwriting of ; CHL.
An Ordinance to prevent unlawful search or seizure of person or property by foreign process in the City of .
Sec 1. Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of , to prevent kidnapping, illegal arrests of persons, or unlawful searches for property, that all writs or warrants issued out of the , shall, before they are executed within the limits of said , be examined by, and receive the approval and signature of the mayor of said , on the back of said process, and be served by the marshal of said .
Sec 2. And be it further Ordained that every officer, who shall execute or attempt to execute, any process as [p. 197]
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