Sec. 3. _And be it further ordained,_ the more fully to remove all obstructions and hindrances to the raising, enlisting, and marching the volunteers as aforesaid, the said Joseph Smith is hereby constituted a member of the army of these United States, and is authorized to act as such in the United States and Territories, and on all lands bordering upon the United States and Territories, for the purposes specified in the foregoing preamble, provided said land shall not be within the acknowledged jurisdiction of any acknowledged national government. Sec. 4._ And be it further ordained_ that nothing in this ordinance shall be so construed by any individual or nation to consider the volunteers aforesaid as constituting any part of the army of the United States; neither shall the said Joseph Smith, as a member of the United States army, disturb the peace of any nation or government acknowledged as such, break the faith of treaties between the United States and any other nation, or violate any known law of nations, thereby endangering the peace of the United States. Sec. 5. _And be it further ordained,_ that the said Joseph Smith shall confine his operations to those principles of action specified in the preamble to this ordinance, the perpetuity of which shall be commensurate with the circumstances and specifications which have originated it. And your memorialist will ever pray, &c. JOSEPH SMITH. CITY OF NAUVOO, ILLINOIS, March 26, 1844. {278} Dr. Willard Richards wrote to the Saints at Augusta, Lee County, Iowa, requesting a brief history of the settling of that branch, and also asking a donation of lumber for his house. In the afternoon, Abiathar B. Williams made the following affidavit before Daniel H. Wells, Esq:-- _Affidavit of Abiathar B. Williams, Concerning a Conspiracy against the Prophet_. STATE OF ILLINOIS, HANCOCK COUNTY, ss.