[Hosea Stout Diary] Thursday December 24th 1846. Worked awhile on the council house was quite unwell with the sick head ache in the after part of the day. Regulate the guard as usual & at six oclock went to a council at W. Richards
The Bishops finished their reports by which we find that there is now in the City 3483 inhabitants.75 widows.386 sick â€" 502 well men117 sick men138 absent men814 waggons,84 Days tithing done83 cords of wood drawn for tithing561 day work done on the mill race.145 horses-29mules.388 yoke of oxen & 463 cows in camp.53 and women whose husbands are in the army
The committee to fix the rate per cent on the police tax reported that there be three fourths per cent per dollar levied on the amount assessed which was 101550 dollars which will make the amount of tax to come at $761.12 cents which will most likely fall short of the police fund
The collector was ordered to proceede forthwith to collecting & Orson Pratt appointed treasurer â€"
The committee to fill up the police last Council made their report which was accepted and the committee discharged
The total number of police now on the list was 33 and the names of those who have been enlisted since the organization are
1 John S. Gleason 4 Graham Coultrin
2 A. J. Stout 5 Welcome Chapman
3 Zebide[e] Coltrin 6 Willard Snow &
7 Benjamin F Cummings
Out of this number Perrigreen Sessions & John D. Parker declined to serve and William Kimball & George W. Langley had to quit in consequence of their ill health as standing guard would soon weare them out. This makes 4 men less in the police reducing the actual number to 29 including myself[.] Out of this there is 5 who has never done duty as yet[.] But there is now but 19 who at this time pretends to or on whom I can expect any service and with this small number I have had the good fortune to keep the peace of this place as yet and there has not to my knowledge been any dissatisfaction by any of the authorities nor fears least all was not right. I believe I can say that all seems to be well and quiet. The number of men on guard each night is ten that is five at once and relieved at one oclock at night
President Young spoke in relation to some of the brethren who were vending ardent spirits in this camp and was thereby taking from many the means which they needed to buy their bread.
There was much said by different ones of the council[.] The result of their deliberations were that all those who had ardent spirits in this place to sell should forthwith deliver the same to the Bishops of their ward who was to sell it and the neat proceeds after paying the owners for it should be applied to the poor and any one who should bring any into this place for sale without the consent of the council should forfeit the same to the use of the poor & the the Marshall was authorized to seize on all such as did. The ferry-man was also forbid to take any across the river only as above provided.
The proceedings of the Council was put to the Bishops who who were present & also a large congregation which was unanimously concured in by them.
[source: Diaries of Hosea Stout]
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