January 14, 1843

Nauvoo, Illinois

Nauvoo City Ordinances: Prescribed the way in which elections were to be conducted in Nauvoo. Specially divided the city into eight wards as voting precincts and designated the first Monday of February, every two years, as Election Day. Any white male over the age of twenty-one, who has resided in Nauvoo sixty days preceding the election was allowed to vote. Set the salaries of the City Council and Municipal Court judges and the fees for the Alderman, Marshal, jurors, witnesses, arbitrators, and coroners.