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done wrong, he would set a stake at the point and do so,
no more and wished the Council and church to forgive
him- Pres^t Hyde made some remarks.

On motion Bro. Niswanger was forgiven by the Council
and all in the house,, remarks from Pres^t O Hyde
on order and government  and loyalty to our superiors
and by the permission of the Council gave bro. Mangum
a word of reproof and then moved that Bro. A. Stevens
be forgiven for this offence, but if he come down here and get
drunk again we will cut him off from the church..
     Bro. George W. Birch,, made confession of the wrong being
done and the getting up of the dance &c. said that he
did not persist in it after bro. Jacob Bigler had taken
the step he did relative to the dance,,Bro. Bigler  corriberera-
ted his statement.. Pres^t Hyde made some remarks and
on motion Bro. Birch case was dismissed from the Com-
    Pres^t O Hyde then called up the case of Bro. J. W.
Coley,, and Bro.  Cooley came forward..
    Pres^t Hyde opened the case relative to the contract he had with
Livingston & Kinkead, state about a talk he had with Bro. Cooley about
taking goods.. Bro. Cooley wanted 25- tons but he tho^t it right to
let one man have that much, but to let it less quantities that
it might help off in that way many that other wise could not,
gave the case in full said after words bro.Cooley wished to be
released from his contract and he released him and then bro.
Cooley went reporting that there were men that were giving $ 15, per cut-
hundred and that Livingston & Kinkead were giving $15. per
leaving the people to understand that he was getting the 15, dollars
and paying the laborers 10 dollars, this making 5 dollars per cut
off from their labor..
     Bro. Cooley said that a Mr. Worden  a fur trader told him
that he and others and Livingston & Kinkead were paying $ 15.
 Pres^t O. Hyde asked bro. Cooley if it was his intent in giving up his
contract to get a better one.. After considerable parlying he said
it was not for that intent altho. he had some inducements
held out to him of 25. tons at $15, oer cut, but the fact was
he was affraid of his waggons,, some remarks relative to his
waggons and the contract for the making of them &c.
Bro Hyde asked if he had indeavored to throw the contract
of his waggons back on the hands of the laborers &c