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sent of the Senate, in each of the following districts: First,
at St. Michaels; second, at Cambridge; third, at Deal's Island;
fourth, at Crisfield; sixth, at Annapolis; seventh, five at Balti-
more city. Bond, $5, 000; fees, fifty cents for each person shipped;
twenty-five cents for each person discharged from a vessel,
to be paid by the master of the vessel. The duties of the com-
missioners are to superintend the engagement and discharge of
all persons engaged or employed in vessels or boats of ten tons
or over, used for the catching of oysters in the waters of the
State. No time given for appointment; to hold office for two
years, or until his successor shall have qualified. Article 72,
sections 67 to 76.

State Fishery Force. —The board of public works is empow-
ered to appoint a suitable person as commander of the force;.
deputy commander for one steamer, and a deputy for each sloop
in the respective districts. The waters of the State are divided
into seven districts as follows: First, Kent and Queen Anne's;
second, Queen Anne's and Talbot; third, Talbot and Dorchester;
fourth, Wicomico; fifth, Somerset; sixth, Anne Arundel;
seventh, St. Mary's, Calvert and Charles.

The board is directed to arm the steamer and vessels; term of
office of commanders and deputies, two years; they are punished
for collusion with violators of the law; they are removable for
neglect or incompetency; the board fills vacancies; the deputy
commander in charge of steamer is to keep constantly on duty;
the deputy commanders of the sloops are ordinarily to keep
themselves to their districts; the salary of the commander is
$1, 500; bond of commanders, $10, 000; bond of deputy com-
manders, $3, 000, to be approved by one of the judges of the
Circuit Courts, and to be tiled with the Comptroller; salary of
deputy commander in charge of steamer, $1, 000, and he appoints
one officer at a salary of $600, an engineer at $800, an assistant
at $500, two seamen at $25 a month, one steward and one cook
each at $20 a month; the deputy commanders in charge of
sloops have a salary of $800, and they each appoint one officer at
$550, four seamen at a salary of $40 per month during oyster
season, $30 the balance of the year; they are to be selected from
the districts in which they serve; deputy commanders are to
watch diligently and guard the oyster grounds, and arrest parties
dredging unlawfully; they must enforce the law relating to fish;
deputy commanders must visit at least once in two weeks, be-
tween the 1st of May and 1st of October, the tributaries and
streams of their respective districts; the commander is to have
control of the force under the supervision of the Board of
Public Works; he is to plant oysters and inspect shipping articles
of crew on oyster boats. Article 72 of the Code.