e men;
and the Governor of the State of New York shall be, and he is
hereby, authorized to commission, by brevet, all the officers of
the said regiments and brigade, who shall hold their respective
commissions until the council of appointment shall have appointed
the officers of the said regiments and brigade, in pursuance of
the Constitution and laws of the said State.

"SECT. 4. _And be it further enacted_, That the commissioned
officers of the said regiments and brigade shall receive the same
pay, rations, forage, and allowances, as officers of the same
grade in the army of the United States; and the non-commissioned
officers, musicians, and privates of the said regiments shall
receive the same pay, rations, clothing, and allowances, as the
non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates of the army of
the United States; and the sum of twenty-five dollars shall be
paid to each of the said non-commissioned officers, musicians,
and privates, at the time of enlistment, in lieu of all other
bounty.

"SECT. 5. _And be it further enacted_, That the troops to be
raised as aforesaid may be transferred into the service of the
United States, if the Government of the United States shall agree
to pay and subsist them, and to refund to this State the moneys
expended by this State in clothing and arming them; and, until
such transfer shall be made, may be ordered into the service of
the United States in lieu of an equal number of militia, whenever
the militia of the State of New York shall be ordered into the
service of the United States.

"SECT. 6. _And be it further enacted_, That it shall be lawful
for any able-bodied slave, with the written assent of his master
or mistress, to enlist into the said corps; and the master or
mistress of such slave shall be entitled to the pay and bounty
allowed him for his service; and, further, that the said slave,
at the time of receiving his discharge, shall be deemed and
adjudged to have been legally manumitted from that time, and his
said master or mistress shall not thenceforward be liable for his
maintenance.

"SECT. 7. _And be it further enacted_, That every such enrolled
person, who shall have become free by manumission or otherwise,
if he shall thereafter become indigent, shall be deemed to b