of the service should not be
enlisted, then enlistments may be made of slaves without
requiring consent of their owners, but they may receive
compensation as herein provided for owners offering their slaves
for enlistment.

"Sixth. Any citizen of said States, who shall offer his or her
slave for enlistment into the military service, shall, if such
slave be accepted, receive from the recruiting officer a
certificate thereof, and become entitled to compensation for the
service of said slave, not exceeding the sum of three hundred
dollars, upon filing a valid deed of manumission and of release,
and making satisfactory proof of title. And the recruiting
officer shall furnish to any claimant of descriptive list of any
person enlisted and claimed under oath to be his or her slave,
and allow any one claiming under oath that his or her slave has
been enlisted without his or her consent, the privilege of
inspecting the enlisted man for the purpose of identification.

"Seventh. A board of three persons shall be appointed by the
President, to whom the rolls and recruiting lists shall be
furnished for public information, and, on demand exhibited, to
any person claiming that his or her slave has been enlisted
against his or her will.

"Eighth. If a person shall within ten days after the filing of
said rolls, make a claim for the service of any person so
enlisted, the board shall proceed to examine the proof of title,
and, if valid, shall award just compensation, not exceeding three
hundred dollars for each slave enlisted belonging to the
claimant, and upon the claimant filing a valid deed of
manumission and release of service, the board shall give the
claimant a certificate of the sum awarded, which on presentation
shall be paid by the chief of the Bureau.

"Ninth. All enlistments of colored troops in the State of
Maryland, otherwise than in accordance with these regulations,
are forbidden.

"Tenth. No person who is or has been engaged in the rebellion
against the Government of the United States, or who in any way
has or shall give aid or comfort to the enemies of the
Government, shall be permitted to present any claim or receive
any compensation for the labor or service of any slave, and all
claimants shall file with their claim an o