--- title: Times and Seasons description: Issues of 1840 to 1841. authors: - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints editors: - Ebenezer Robinson - Don Carlos Smith - Smith, Joseph, Jr. - Taylor, John collections: - periodicals tags: - newspaper - times-and-seasons - nauvoo - nineteenth-century periodical: Times and Seasons volume: 2 number: 8 published: 1841-02-15 publisher: E. Robinson and D. C. Smith; later John Taylor publisher_place: Commerce and Nauvoo, Illinois language: en type: article reference: "“An Ordinance in relation to Temperance,” *Times and Seasons* 2, no. 8 (February 15, 1841): 321." printed_title: An Ordinance in relation to Temperance. source: url: https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_times-and-seasons_1841-02-15_2_8 transcription: Text from the Centerplace.org transcription (https://www.centerplace.org/history/ts/v2n08.htm), with its page breaks; this Internet Archive scan is the reference copy (its OCR was used only as a witness for OCR repair) identifier: per_utah-and-the-mormons_times-and-seasons_1841-02-15_2_8 start_page: 321 end_page: 321 curator_note: A Mormon newspaper published by the church in Nauvoo; included for historical study. Inclusion does not imply endorsement. rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1841 (Nauvoo, Illinois); published before 1931, so public domain in the United States source: https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_times-and-seasons_1841-02-15_2_8 publication_year: 1841 --- # An Ordinance in relation to Temperance Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Nauvoo, that all persons and establishments whatever in this City, are prohibited from vending whiskey in a less quantity than a gallon, or other spirituous liquors in a less quantity than a quart, to any person whatever, excepting on the recommendation of a physician duly accredited, in writing, by the "Chancellor and Regents of the University of the City of Nauvoo," and any person guilty of any act contrary to the prohibition contained in this ordinance, shall, on conviction thereof before the Mayor, or Municipal Court, be fined in any sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars, at the discretion of said Mayor, or Court; and any person or persons who shall attempt to evade this ordinance by giving away liquor, or by any other means, shall be considered alike amenable, and fined as aforesaid. Sec. 2. This ordinance, to take effect, and be in force from and after its passage. Passed, Feb. 15th, A. D. 1841. JOHN C. BENNETT, Mayor. James Sloan, Recorder.