--- title: Times and Seasons description: Issues of 1841 to 1842. 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: 3 number: 7 published: 1842-02-01 publisher: E. Robinson and D. C. Smith; later John Taylor publisher_place: Commerce and Nauvoo, Illinois language: en type: article reference: "“Of Committees,” *Times and Seasons* 3, no. 7 (February 1, 1842): 685." printed_title: Of Committees. source: url: https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_times-and-seasons_1842-02-01_3_7 transcription: Text from the Centerplace.org transcription (https://www.centerplace.org/history/ts/v3n07.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_1842-02-01_3_7 start_page: 685 end_page: 685 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 1842 (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_1842-02-01_3_7 publication_year: 1842 --- # Of Committees 37th. All Standing and Select Committees shall be appointed by the Mayor, unless otherwise directed, and the first named member shall be the Chairman. The following Standing Committees shall be appointed, to wit: A Committee of Ways and Means, to consist of one member from each ward, to whom shall be referred all subjects of taxation and revenue. A Committee of Improvement, to consist of one member from each ward, to whom shall be referred all subjects relative to repairs and opening of roads and streets, and other subjects of a similar nature. A Committee of Claims, to consist of three members, to whom shall be referred all matters of claims against the city, and applications for remission of penalties. A Committee of Unfinished Business, to consist of two members, who shall examine the journal of the preceding council, and report such business as may have remained unfinished. A committee of Elections, to consist of three members. A committee of Police, to consist of one member from each ward, who are empowered to call upon any officer of the Corporation, for any information, report, paper or other matter relative to the police. A Committee of Municipal Laws, to consist of five members, to whom shall be referred all bills for ordinances presented to the council. A committee of Public Grounds, to consist of one member from each ward. A committee of Public Works, to consists of three members.