Know all ye brethren to whom come these presents, That I, , Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the State of , in virtue of the power and authority in me vested as Grand Master aforesaid, do hereby, by these letters of Dispensation, authorize the Brethren of Nauvoo Lodge under dispensation, to receive the petitions of Joseph Smith and , and act on the same instanter— and should the ballot be unanimous, in favor of said Smith and , at a full meeting of said Nauvoo Lodge— then, in that case, the said Lodge is authorized to confer the three several degrees of Ancient York Masonry, on the said Joseph Smith and , as speedily as the nature of the case will admit— Provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed as authority by the said Nauvoo Lodge for violating any of the Ancient land marks, of the order, <​or​> of acting contrary to the provisions of their by-laws— except in the cases herein authorised—