Minutes of May 13, 1838

High council of Far West resolves to meet on the last Thursday of each month; Sidney to edit letters to the Elders' Journal, set aside 80 acres each for Joseph and Sidney; recommend church funds be consecrated to the poor; Elias Higbee, Simeon Carter, and George W. Harris to talk with Joseph and Sidney about their wages in the printing office and salaries for the coming year; committee to instruct bishop to pay whatever sum is agreed upon for Joseph and Sidney.

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Date		May 13, 1838				Far West Record, 186–187.
Location		Far West
Presiding		Thomas B. Marsh (h) Ebenezer Robinson, clerk
Council members			Simeon Carter Isaac Higbee James McCord John P. Green James Emmett Solomon Hancock	Simeon Gardner Ebenezer Robinson George M. Hinkle George W. Harris Elias Higbee John Murdock		Simeon Carter is numbered 1, Solomon Hancock 6, Simeon Gardner 7, John Murdock 12
Open		Prayer by President T. B. Marsh
		Charges against John L. Butler, James Emmett, and James Hendrix preferred by Samuel Kimball put over until the last Thursday in June.
Resolutions Meet on last Thursdays		Council to meet on the last Thursday of each month beginning on the last Thursday of June.
Sidney edit Elders Journal letters		Sidney to edit the "Orthography and Prosody" of letters to the editor for the Elders Journal.
Bishop to give Sidney and Joseph 80 acres each		Authorize bishop to "set apart eighty acres of land for the benefit of Sidney Rigdon and also, 80 acres for Joseph Smith jr."
Urge Church to consecrate property		"That the High Council use their influence to have the Church consecrate their properties for the benefit of the poor."
Committee to meet with Joseph and Sidney about their wages		Appoint Elias Higbee, Simeon Carter, and George W. Harris as a committee to meet with Joseph and Sidney about their "price or wages for their services in the printing office & their saleries for the coming year."
Instruct the bishop to pay First Presidency		That the Committee be authorized to instruct the Bishop to pay the First Presidency, Joseph Smith, & Sidney Rigdon, whatever sum they agree with them for.				¶ Joseph's Finances: 1838
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