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Source: Church History Vol. 2 Chapter 21 Page: 475 (~1837-1840)

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475 pass no law or act repugnant to or inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States, or of this State; and Provided, also, that the officers of the legion shall be commissioned by the Governor of the State. The said legion shall perform the same amount of military duty as is now or may be hereafter required of the regular militia of the State, and shall be at the disposal of the mayor in executing the laws and ordinances of the city corporation and the laws of the State, and at the disposal of the Governor for the public defense, and the execution of the laws of the State or of the United States, and shall be entitled to their proportion of the public arms; and Provided, also, that said legion shall be exempt from all other military duty.

"Sec. 26. The inhabitants of the 'City of Nauvoo,' are hereby exempted from working on any road beyond the limits of the city, and for the purpose of keeping the streets, lanes, avenues, and alleys, in repair to require of the male inhabitants of said city, over the age of twenty-one, and under fifty years, to labor on said streets, lanes, avenues, and alleys, not exceeding three days in each year; any person failing to perform such labor when duly noticed by the Supervisor, shall forfeit and pay the sum of one dollar per day for each day so neglected or refused.

"Sec. 27. The City Council shall have power to provide for the punishment of offenders by imprisonment in the county or city jail in all cases when such offenders shall fail or refuse to pay the fines and forfeitures which may be recovered against them.

"Sec. 28. This act is hereby declared to be a public act, and shall take effect on the first Monday of February next.

"WM. L. D. EWING, Speaker of the

House of Representatives.

"S. H. ANDERSON, Speaker of the Senate.

"Approved, Dec. 16,1840.

"THO. CARLIN .

"STATE OF ILLINOIS, }

"Office of Secretary of State. }

"I, Stephen A. Douglass, Secretary of State, do hereby

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