This may refer to an ad hoc council held on 16 September at which the leaders of the Nauvoo police decided to have guards posted at the temple night and day in order to prevent strangers from entering the temple block. (Hosea Stout, Reminiscences and Journal, 16 Sept. 1845; Clayton, Journal, 17 Sept. 1845.)
Stout, Hosea. Reminiscences and Journals, 1845–1869. Microfilm. CHL. Originals at Utah State Historical Society, Salt Lake City. Also available as On the Mormon Frontier: The Diary of Hosea Stout, 1844–1861, edited by Juanita Brooks, 2 vols. (1964. Reprint, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press; Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1982).
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.