LINEAL PRIESTHOOD…
There are strong indicators pointing toward the priesthood being lineal in nature, as opposed to simple confirmation by ordination:
“… Joseph Smith, Sen., inherited the Patriarchal Priesthood, by right from the fathers over the house of Israel in this dispensation.”
Franklin D. Richards, A Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel (Salt Lake City, UT: James A. Little, 1884), 74.