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lars for the boat, captain and two men, and three hundred dollars for the
boat, captain and one man during the closed season.

An. Code, sec. 39. 1904, sec. 38. 1894, ch. 380, sec. 37.

41. The deputy commanders of the steamers are hereby required to
keep their vessels constantly on duty when circumstances will permit;
and every locality where a violation of the law is likely to occur shall be
visited, not only in the season, but during the closed season, both day and
night, as often as the duties of the force and condition of the vessels will
allow; or whenever there is any information that a violation of this article
is likely to occur, then it shall be the duty of the deputy commanders at
once to proceed to the places suspected and vigilantly to guard the said
places to see that no one will violate the provisions of. this article; and
every three months a report shall be made to the board of public works of
all official action taken under this article.
See notes to sec. 36.

An. Code, sec. 40. 1904, sec. 39. 1894, ch. 380, sec. 38.

42. It shall be the duty of the deputy commanders of the said vessels
to confine themselves ordinarily to their several districts night and day
in and out of season, but it shall be their duty also to enforce any of the
provisions of this article in any water adjacent to their district, when a
violation of the same shall come to their knowledge.
See notes to sec. 36.

An. Code, sec. 41. 1904, sec. 40. 1894, ch. 380, sec. 39.

43. The commanding officer and the deputy commanders of said force
shall, upon entering upon the discharge of their duties, take before one
of the judges of the circuit courts the oath prescribed by the constitution;
and the commanding officer of said force shall enter into bond to the State
of Maryland in the sum of ten thousand dollars, and each deputy com-
mander in the sum of three thousand dollars, to be approved by one of
the said judges, for the faithful performance of their duties as prescribed
in this article, the said bond or bonds to be filed with the comptroller.

An. Code, sec. 42. 1904, sec. 41. 1894, ch. 380. 1896, ch. 418. 1900, ch. 380, sec. 40.

44. The salary of the commander of the state fishery force shall be fif-
teen hundred dollars per annum, and he shall have power to appoint one
officer at a salary of six hundred dollars per annum, one engineer at a salary
of eight hundred dollars per annum, and one assistant engineer at a salary
of six hundred dollars per annum, one pilot at a salary of thirty-five dol-
lars per month during the oyster season, and thirty dollars per month dur-
ing the closed season; two seamen, two firemen and one cook at a salary
of thirty dollars per month each, and each deputy commander of the said
vessels shall have the power to appoint one officer at a salary of five hun-
dred dollars per annum, and three seamen at a salary of thirty-five dol-
lars each per month during the oyster season and thirty dollars per month
during the closed season, except the deputy commander of the second