96 1789 . FIRST CONGRESS . Sess . I. CH . 27. Res . 1 , 2 .

United States .

as to the mode of appointing the officers , and also as is herein after provided , be , and the same is hereby recognized to be the establishment

for the troops in the service of the United States . Pay and al .

Sec . 2. And be it further enacted , That the pay and allowances of lowance of

the said troops be the same as have been established by the United States troops .

in Congress assembled , by their resolution of the twelfth of April , one thousand seven hundred and eighty - five .

Sec . 3. And be it further enacted , That all commissioned and non commissioned officers and privates , who are or shall be in the service

of the United States , shall take the following oaths or affirmations , to To take oath wit : “ I , A. B. do solemnly swear or affirm ( as the case may be ) that I to support the Constitution ,

will support the constitution of the United States . ” “ I , A. B. do and bear alle . solemnly swear or affirm ( as the case may be ) to bear true allegiance to giance to the the United States of America , and to serve them honestly and faithfully

against all their enemies or opposers whatsoever , and to observe and obey the orders of the President of the United States of America , and

the orders of the officers appointed over me . " Troops to be

Sec . 4. And be it further enacted , That the said troops shall be go governed by rules and arti .

verned by the rules and articles of war which have been established by cles of war .

the United States in Congress assembled , or by such rules and articles

of war , as may hereafter by law be established . For protecting Sec . 5. And be it further enacted , That for the purpose of protecting frontiers , Presi dent may call

the inhabitants of the frontiers of the United States from the hostile in forth the militia . cursions of the Indians , the President is hereby authorized to call into

service from time to time , such part of the militia of the states respect Pay and sub . ively , as he may judge necessary for the purpose aforesaid ; and that

their pay and subsistence while in service , be the same as the pay and

subsistence of the troops above mentioned . Continuance Sec . 6. And be it further enacted , That this act shall continue and of this act . be in force until the end of the next session of Congress , and no longer .

APPROVED , September 29 , 1789 .

sistence .

STATUTE I.

Sept. 29 , 1789 .

Chap . XXVII . - An Act to alter the Time for the next Meeting of Congress .

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives [ Expired . )

of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That after the adjournment of the present session , the next meeting of Congress shall be on the first Monday in January next .

APPROVED , September 29 , 1789 . August 26. 1789 .

RESOLUTIONS . Survey direct

1. Resolved , That the Survey directed by Congress in their act of ed by acts of June the sixth , one thousand seven hundred and eighty - eight , be made be made and re . and returned to the Secretary of the Treasury without delay ; and that turned by Sec . the President of the United States be requested to appoint a fit person I reasury with to complete the same , who shall be allowed five dollars per day whilst out delay . actually employed in the said service , with the expenses necessarily at

tending the execution thereof .

APPROVED , August 26 , 1789 . Sept. 23 , 1789 . Recommenda . 2. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uni tion to the Le . gislatures of the ted States of America in Congress assembled , That it be recommended several States to the legislatures of the several States to pass laws , making it expressly

pass laws the duty of the keepers of their gaols , to receive and safe keep therein making it the duty of keepers

all prisoners committed under the authority of the United States , until of veryols to they shall be discharged by due course of the laws thereof , under the

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