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 allowance of troops.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the pay and allowances of the said troops be the same as have been established by the United States 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 noncommissioned officers and privates, who are or shall be in the service of the United States, shall take the following oaths or affirmations, to wit; To take oath to support the Constitution, and bear allegiance to the United States.“I, A. B. do solemnly swear or affirm (as the case may be) that I will support the constitution of the United States.” “I, A. B. do solemnly swear or affirm (as the case may be) to bear true allegiance to 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 governed by rules and articles of war.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said troops shall be governed by the rules and articles of war which have been established by the United States in Congress assembled, or by such rules and articles of war, as may hereafter by law be established.
For protecting frontiers, President may call forth the militia.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of protecting the inhabitants of the frontiers of the United States from the hostile incursions of the Indians, the President is hereby authorized to call into service from time to time, such part of the militia of the states respectively, as he may judge necessary for the purpose aforesaid; Pay and subsistence.and that their pay and subsistence while in service, be the same as the pay and subsistence of the troops above mentioned.
Continuance of this act.Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue and be in force until the end of the next session of Congress, and no longer.
Approved, September 29, 1789.
Statute Ⅰ.Sept. 29, 1789.
[Expired.]
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 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.
RESOLUTIONS.
Survey directed by act of June 6, 1788, to be made and returned by Secretary of the Treasury without delay.1. Resolved, That the Survey directed by Congress in their act of June the sixth, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, be made and returned to the Secretary of the Treasury without delay; and that the President of the United States be requested to appoint a fit person to complete the same, who shall be allowed five dollars per day whilst actually employed in the said service, with the expenses necessarily attending the execution thereof.
Approved, August 26, 1789.
Recommendation to the Legislatures of the several States to pass laws making it the duty of keepers of their gaols to receive and keep prisoners committed under authority of the United States.2. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it be recommended to the legislatures of the several States to pass laws, making it expressly the duty of the keepers of their gaols, to receive and safe keep therein all prisoners committed under the authority of the United States, until they shall be discharged by due course of the laws thereof, under the
