Whereas in all bodies laws are necessary for the permanent Safety and well being of society we the members of the society of the Daughter of Zion do agree to regulate ourselves under such laws as in righteousness shall be deemed necessary for the preservation of our holy religion and of our most sacred rights and the rights of our wives and Children. But to b[e] explicit on the Subject it is especially our object to support and defend the rights confered on us by our venerable sires who purchased them with the pledges of their lives fortunes and sacred honours. And now to prove ourselves worthy of this liberty confered on us by them in the providence of God we do agree to be governed by such laws as shall perpetuate these high privileges of which we know ourselves to be the rightful possessors and of which privileges wicked and designing men have tried to deprive us by all manner of evil and that purely in consequence of the tenacity we have manifested in the discharge of our duty towards our God who had given us these rights and privileges and a right in common with others to dwell on this [land] But we not having the privileges of others all owed unto us have determined like unto our Fathers to resist Tyranny whether it be in Kings or in people It is all alike to us our rights we must have and our rights we shall have in the name of Israels God.

All power belongs Originally and legitmately to the people and they have a right to dispose of it as they Shall deem fit. But as it is inconvenient and impossible to convince the people in all cases The Legislative powers have been given by them from time to time into the hands of a representation composed of delegates from the people themselves This is and has been the la[ws] both in civil and religious bodies and is the true principle

The Executive power shall be vested in the President of the whole Church and his counsellors [p. [10]]