| 518 "Sec. 10. And, whereas Joseph Smith has furnished the said association with the ground whereon to erect said house, it is further declared that the said Smith and his heirs shall hold, by perpetual succession, a suit of rooms in the said house, to be set apart and conveyed in due form of law to him and his heirs by the said trustees, as soon as the same are completed.
"Sec. 11. The Board of Trustees shall appoint one of their number as President thereof.
"Approved February 23, 1841.
"THOS. CARLIN, Governor.
"W. L. D. EWING,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
"S. H. ANDERSON,
Speaker of the Senate.
"State of Illinois, Office of Sec. State, s. s.
"I, Stephen A. Douglas, Secretary of State, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true and perfect copy of the enrolled law on file in my office.
"Witness my hand and seal of State."
SPRINGFIELD, Feb. 24, A. D. 1841.
"S. A. DOUGLAS, Secretary of State."
{ L. S.}
-Millennial Star, vol. 18, pp. 391, 392.
These articles speak for themselves. We invite special attention to the article prohibiting the sale or use of liquor in the house. An ordinance offered to the City Council by Joseph Smith by them adopted shows broad and liberal toleration on the subject of religion. 8
8 AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.
Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the City Council of the city of Nauvoo, that the Catholics. Presbyterians, Methodists, Baptists, Latter Day Saints, Quakers, Episcopalians, Universalists, Unitarians, Mohammedans, and all other religious sects and denominations, whatever, shall have free toleration and equal privileges in this city; and should any person be guilty of ridiculing, abusing, or otherwise depreciating another, in consequence of his religion, or of disturbing or interrupting any religious meeting within the limits of this city, he shall on conviction thereof before the Mayor, or Municipal Court, be considered a disturber of the public peace, and fined in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisoned not exceeding six months, or both, at the discretion of said Mayor, or court.
Sec. 2. It is hereby made the duty or all municipal officers to notice,
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