October 22, 1842
Nauvoo, Illinois
Nauvoo City Ordinance: Established that whenever less than a quorum of the City Council was present, the remaining members could send a Marshal to retrieve absent members, and subject them to a fine.
Sources:
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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