--- 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: 9 published: 1841-03-01 publisher: E. Robinson and D. C. Smith; later John Taylor publisher_place: Commerce and Nauvoo, Illinois language: en type: article reference: "β€œAn Ordinance dividing the city into wards,” *Times and Seasons* 2, no. 9 (March 1, 1841): 337–338." printed_title: An Ordinance dividing the city into wards. source: url: https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_times-and-seasons_1841-03-01_2_9 transcription: Text from the Centerplace.org transcription (https://www.centerplace.org/history/ts/v2n09.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_1841-03-01_2_9 start_page: 337 end_page: 338 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_1841-03-01_2_9 publication_year: 1841 --- # An Ordinance dividing the city into wards Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Nauvoo, that the city be, and the same hereby is divided into four wards, as follows; to wit: all that district of country, within the city limits, north of the center of Knight Street, and west of the center of Wells Street, shall constitute the first ward-all north of the center of Knight Street, and east of the center of Wells Street, shall constitute the second ward-all south of the center of Knight Street, and east of the center of Wells Street, the third ward-and all south of the center of Knight Street, and west of the center of Wells Street, the fourth ward of said city. Sec. 2. Each ward shall be entitled to the following representation in the City Council; to wit: one Alderman and two Councillors [Councilors]; Provided, that the fourth ward shall be entitled to three Councillors [Councilors];-and the Mayor for the city at large. Sec. 3. The Aldermen, and Councillors [Councilors] already elected by the general ticket system, shall be assigned as follows, for the first term; to wit: Samuel H. Smith, Alderman, and John P. Greene, and Vinson Knight, Councillors [Councilors], for the first ward-N. K. Whitney, Alderman, and Sidney Rigdon, and Hyrum Smith, Councillors [Councilors], for the second ward-Daniel H. Wells, Alderman, and John T. Barnett, and Charles C. Rich, Councillors [Councilors] for the third ward-and William Marks, Alderman, and Joseph Smith, Wilson Law, and D. C. Smith, Councillors [Councilors] for the fourth ward of said city. Sec. 4. This ordinance to take effect, and be in force, from and after its passage. Passed, March 1st, A. D. 1841. JOHN C. BENNETT, Mayor. James Sloan, Recorder.