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force, to appoint the Deputy Commanders for their
respective districts, from persons of the counties
whose waters comprise the different districts, who
shall be commissioned by the Governor, and the said
Commander and Deputy Commanders shall have
power to appoint their subordinates and select their
crews; and the term of office of said Commander	Term of office
and Deputy Commanders shall be for two years,
unless sooner removed for incompetency or neglect
of duty; and if any of said officers shall fail in the
discharge of his duty, by reason of collusion with
parties interested in violating any of the provisions
of this act, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
on indictment and conviction in a court of law, shall
be fined or imprisoned at the discretion of the court.
SEC. 29. And be it enacted, That the Board of Com-	To remove
missioners of the State Fishery Force, shall have the
power to remove any officer of said force, for neglect
of duty or incompetency : and any officer command-
ing in said force, shall have the power to remove any
subordinate under his command, and appoint a
person to fill the vacancy whenever the interest of
said service may in his judgment require him to do
so.
SEC. 30. And be it enacted, That the said Board of	Keep in good
Commissioners, shall have power to keep the steamer	order
and said vessels in good order; and the Treasurer of
the State, upon requisition of said Commissioners, and
the warrant of the Comptroller, is hereby directed to
pay the sum or sums necessary to carry out the pro-
visions of this section.
SEC. 31. And be it enacted, That the Commanding
Officer, who shall have charge of the steamer, may	Charge of the steamer
be selected from the State at large, but that the
Deputy Commanders, shall be selected from the
districts in which they are to serve.
SEC. 32. And be it enacted, That the Commanding	Constantly on
Officer, be, and he is hereby required to keep his	duty
vessel constantly on duty, when circumstances will
permit, and that every locality where a violation of
the law is likely to occur, shall be visited as often as
the duties of the force and condition of the vessel
will allow, and that every three months a report
shall be made to the Commissioners of the Fishery
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