The 25th section of “An act to incorporate the City of .” which relates to the organization of the “” Approved Dec 16. 1840

Sec 25: The City Council may organize the inhabitants of said , subject to military duty, into a body of independant military men to be called the “Nauvoo Legion,” the Court Martial of which shall be composed of the commissioned officers of said Legion and constitute the law making department, with full powers and authority to make, ordain, establish, and execute, all such laws and ordinances as may be considered necessary for the benefit, goverment, and regulation of said Legion; Provided, said Court Martial shall pass no law or act repugnant to, or inconsistent with, the Constitution of the of or of this ; and, Provided, also, that the officers of the Legion, shall be commissioned by the Governor of the . The said Legion shall perform the same amount of military duty as is now or may be hereafter required of the regular militia of the , and shall be at the disposal of the Mayor in executing the laws and ordinances of the City Corporation, and the laws of the , and at the disposal of the Governor for the publick defence, and the of the laws of the or of the , and shall be <​entitled​> to their proportion of public arms, and Provided, also that said Legion shall be exempt from all other military duty. [p. 1]