Sec 3[d]. And be it further ordained, the more fully to remove all obstuctions 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 , and is authorized to act as such in the and Territories <​and on all lands bordering upon the 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, as to consider the volunteers aforesaid, as constituting any part of the army of the ; neithe[r] 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 and any other government <​Nation​> or violate any known law of nations, thereby endangering the peace of the ,

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 ordinan[c]e, the perpetuity of which shall be [p. 6]