The Secretary is charged with the duty of informing himself fully as
to the conditions of the institutions coming under the supervision of
the Board and he is, during the session of the Legislature, subject to the
orders of the Finance Committee of the Senate and the Ways and Means
Committee of the House of Delegates.

STATE FISHERY FORCE—Annapolis.
(All Terms Expire 1916.)

Name of Boat. .Residence.
Commander:

T. B. C. Howard........ .Governor McLane....... Dorchester.
Deputy Commaiidera:

James A. Turner. ....... .Governor Thomas. ...... .Wicomico.
1st District:

G. Franklin Akers. ....... Anne B. Smith. ....... .Kent.
2nd District, 1st Division:

John T. Sewell. ..........Frolic ................ Queen Anne's.
2nd District, 2nd Division:

Lewis H. Harrison. ...... .Julia Hamilton. ....... .Talbot.
3rd District, 1st Division:

William J. Haddaway. . . . .Eliza Hayward. ........ Talbot.
3rd District, 2nd Division:

T. M. Woolford. ......... Bessie Jones. .......... Dorchester.
3rd District, 3rd Division:

Goldsborough Johnson. , . . .Brown-Smith-Jones. .... .Dorchester.
3rd District, 4th Division:
Vacancy.

4th District:

Wilfred R. Jester. ....... .Nellie Jackson. ........ .Wicomico
5th District:

Elmer O. Townsend...... Helen Banghman....... Somerset.
6th District, 1st Division:

Wm. H. Sanders. ........ .May Brown. ........... Anne Arundel.
6th District, 2nd Division:

E. N. Dixon. ............ Daisy Archer........... .Anne Arundel.
7th District, .1st Division :

L. F. Miles. ............. Folly. ...................St. Mary's.
7th District, 2nd Division:
E. J. Plowden........... .Howard ................St. Mary's.

The State Fishery Force is appointed by the Board of Public Works.
The Commander and Deputy Commanders of the regular boats are ap-
pointed for a term of two years. The Deputy Commanders for the local
boats are appointed for the oyster season only. (Ch. 314, 1894; Ch. 380,
1900.)

The State Fishery Force has charge of the enforcement of the oyster
laws of the State.