November 26, 1841
Nauvoo, Illinois
Joseph Smith presented and passed a bill at the Nauvoo City Council meeting for "an Ordinance in relation to Hawkers, Pedlars, Public Shows, and Exhibitions, in order to prevent any immoral or obscene exhibition."
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History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 4:461
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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