Provided always that nothing herein contained shall extend or apply to the Cases of those who by virtue of the said Law now are or shall hereafter be detained and confined by the Person administring the Government of this State for the Time being for the Purpose of Exchanging them for any of the Subjects of this State in the Power of the enemy. 2rr And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid that all and singular the Powers and Authorities vested in the [37] said Commissioners are hereby continued until twenty Days after the next meeting of the Legislature and a Quorum of both Houses shall be convened on Business in like Manner as the same are continued in and by an Act entitled An Act for Continuing the Powers of the Commissioners for detecting and defeating Conspiracies passed the 29- day of October last; and the Treasurer of this State shallbe and he is hereby authorized and required to pay to the said Commissioners or any three of them such further

sum or sums as they shall from Time to Time require to defray the Expence of the business committed to them so as the Amount of such further sum or sums shall not in the whole exceed the sum of three Thousand Pounds -- Adjourned -- Met Albany 27- April 1779 * 1779 Apr. 27. Present

John M. Beeckman j ( Mathew Visscher Jeremiah Van Rensselaer -

/ Isaac D. Fonda Egbert Benson

334 State of New York