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[Pottawattamie HC Conf Min LR 1764 21 / Lr 1764 21 folder 1 Pottawattamie HC Lr 1764 21 fd 1 July 46-Feb 51 / LR 1764 21 1846 July-1851 February_Page_036] 
Council Point Jan 16 ^th  1847
So cold and stormy none of the counselors
atteneded ...
Council Point Jan 30^th 1847
Met of the counselors Jas. Alred, Heman Hyde,
Noah L Bulkley, Levi Savage, John Murdock,
Ira Oviatt, Geo. Coulson, Wm. Snow, Daniel A.
Miller.
        Prayer by Daniel A. Miller..
Council find no business on hand had a
good meeting and adjourned till Feb. 13^th 
`10 ocl, a. m.
                                       Heman Hyde  cl-- P.T.
Council Point Feb 13^th 1847
met of the counselors Jas. Alred, Heman Hyde,
Noah L. Bulkley, Levi Savage, Geo. Coulson,
Henry W. Miller, Andrew H. Perkins William G. Perkins,
and Evan M. Greene,, Prayer by W^m G. Perkins.
The clerk read the minutes of the previous councils.
Ira Oviatt came in..
     Pres. Jas Alred enquired of bro. Miller if
the herdsmen had accomplished taking the
description if the strays..
    Counselor Miller answered in the negative,,
Pres. Jas. Alred reported four dollars in money
returned to him from the company that went
to Nauvoo after families..
      The council voted for brother Alred to use the
money as he thought proper,, after many
remarks adjourned till the 27^th inst 10 ock A M
                                                        E.M. Greene  cl--