February 12, 1842
Nauvoo, Illinois
Nauvoo City Ordinance: Required an individual to obtain a license before auctioning off real or personal property within the city and imposed a fine of twenty five dollars per lot sold without an appropriate license.
Sources:
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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