Chapter XXII: Section 2: And be it further ordained, in order to effect the

object and further intention of this ordinance, and for the peace,
security, happiness, convenience, benefit, and prosperity of the
said city of Nauvoo, and for the common weal and honor of our
country, that the mayor of Nauvoo be, and he is hereby empowered by
this consent of the President of the United States; whenever the
actual necessity of the case and the public safety shall require
it, to call to his aid a sufficient number of United States forces,
in connection with the Nauvoo Legion, to repel the invasion of
mobs, keep the public peace, and protect the innocent from the
unhallowed ravages of lawless banditti that escape justice on the
western frontier; and also to preserve the power and dignity of the
Union.