[Hosea Stout Diary] Sunday Decr 20th 1846. Went to meeting at the stand and heard President Young preach on the subject of the insubordination of some of the people & their stubornness, their murmurings & complaining refusing to pay tax and tithing and comply with the requirements of the Council also their stealing and all such matters. He told all such what they depend upon when we got far enough to keep them from running back to the gentiles and also what the law would be in such cases & also said that he was not going to have any more of their grumbling at hom and all those who did not intend to abide council had best flee to the gentiles again for all who were among us should both help support the poor and pay their tax whether they belonged to the church or not, or leave the camp.
Regulated the guard as before and at six oclock went to Council at W. Richards house[.] Jonathan C. Wright made the return to the council of the assessment on the police tax. The entire amount of property in camp subject to taxation in the city or belonging to the citizens of this place was 101550 dollars[.] The report was accepted and a committee appointed to fix the per centage to be levied on the amount assessed to cover the expense of the police.
The subject of the police was laid before the council by President Young in relation to so many of them either being absent or unwilling or unable to do duty for I could not now make out a guard without some standing every night.
The matter of raising more to supply the wants to fill up the guard was refered to the committee to select & organize the police to wit Brigham Heber and myself. To morrow was set apart by the Twelve,Council and Bishops to go work at the council house.
[source: Diaries of Hosea Stout]
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