Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the Court Martial of the Nauvoo Legion in General Court Assembled, that any private or non-commissioned officer residing without the City Corporation, may leave the company to which he belongs, at any time, whenever he shall produce satisfactory evidence that he has enrolled himself in the Militia company in the precinct in which he resides.

Sec. 2. Each Regimental or Battalion Adjutant shall receive annually from the treasury of the Legion, two dollars for each company in his respective Regiment or Battalion, provided he shall keep a correct record of all the Regimental or Battalion Orders, revise semi-annually, in the months of April, before the Cohort Drill, and in the month of September before the Legion Drill, the roll of commissioned and non-commissioned officers, and make return thereof to the respective Brigadier Generals; also attend all company elections and keep the record thereof, furnish blank returns for each commandant of companies, for company Battalion, Regimental, Cohort, and Legion parades, and deliver them to said commandants before the said days of parade.

Sec. 3. The Record Book of said Adjutant shall be open to the inspection of the field and general officers.

Sec. 4. The Adjutant’s account shall be endorsed by the commanders of Regiments and Battalions with a certificate that he has duly and faithfully performed all the duties required by this ordinance and all other rules and regulations.

Sec. 5. The War Secretary shall receive thirty dollars, and the chief musician ten dollars, each annually, in consideration of faithful performance of all duties required of them, and said officers shall have their accounts certified to by the Major General.

Sec. 6. The Adjutant General shall receive twenty dollors annually in consideration of faithful performance of his duty, which account shall be approved by the Lieutenant General.

Sec. 7. The officers composing the Courts of Assessment and Courts of Appeal shall receive for their services one dollar each, per day, to be approved of by the Major General.

Sec. 8. All disbursements made pursuant to this ordinance shall be paid out of the funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Sec. 9. That all officers wishing to resign shall present their resignation in writing, stating their reasons, thirty days previous to the drill musters.

Sec. 10. All laws, or parts of laws, contrary to the provisions in this ordinance contained or specified, be and the same are hereby repealed.

Sec, 11. This ordinance to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Passed, Oct. 15, 1842.

, Secretary.

Approved,