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officer at a salary of five hundred dollars per annum, and three seamen at
a salary of thirty-five dollars each per month during the oyster season
and thirty dollars per month during the closed season, except the deputy
commander of the second guard boat of the second district, who shall
receive fifty dollars per month for the year, and he shall appoint a mate
at a salary of forty dollars per month and two seamen at a salary of
thirty dollars each per month, each to be selected from the district in
which they are respectively to serve.

1904, art. 72, sec. 42. 1894, ch. 380, sec. 41. 1904, ch. 202, sec. 1. 1908. ch. 609.

43. The members of said force shall at all times keep themselves
neatly clothed in. proper uniform when on duty at their own expense.
The officers and crews of the steamers and sailing vessels of the state
fishery force shall receive one ration per day of the quality such as is
allowed by law to the officers and crews of the revenue marines of the
United States, and the sum of thirty cents per day for each man is
hereby appropriated to carry into "effect the provisions of this section,
which sums are payable out of the oyster funds of the State of Mary-
land to and upon the approval of the commander of the state fishery
force; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall only
apply to the officers and crews of the state fishery force employed on
steamers and vessels owned by the State of Maryland. And nothing
herein shall apply to the officers and crews upon any boat or boats leased
or hired by the State.

Ibid. sec. 43. 1894, ch. 380. sec. 43.

44. It shall be the duty of all officers of the oyster police force to
diligently watch and guard and to arrest all violators of any of the pro-
visions of this article, and the commanders of both the vessels and
steamers shall keep their boats on duty at all times both day and night
so far as possible, Sundays included, and shall cruise near to the line
dividing the grounds which they are assigned to guard from the dredg-
ing grounds, and shall harbor as near said line as it is possible for them
to do, and shall remain on board their boats at all times, unless disabled
by sickness or excused by the commander of the force, and shall keep a
log of their movements, and shall once in each month forward a copy of
such log to the office of the commander; any violation of duty in these
respects shall be deemed a sufficient cause for the removal of any
officer, and he shall be so removed.
See notes to sec. 34.

Ibid. sec. 44. 1894, ch. 380, sec. 44.

45. The state fishery force shall have authority to enforce all laws
of this State relating to fish, whether general or local, and the several
deputy commanders of sloops and vessels shall be required to visit the
tributaries and streams of their respective districts at least once in
two weeks between the first day of May and the first day of October,
and at any other time when notified by citizens or others of violations,