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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. 37.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 42. 1912, sec. 40. 1904, see. 39. 1894, ch. 380, sec. 38.

43. 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.
Sea notes to sec. 37.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 43. 1912, sec. 41. 1904, sec. 40. 1894, ch. 380, sec. 39.

44. 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, 1924, sec. 44. 1912, sec. 42. 1904, sec. 41. 1894, ch. 380. 1896, ch. 418.

1900, ch. 380, sec. 40.

45. 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
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.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 45. 1912, sec. 43. 1904, sec. 42. 1894, ch. 380, sec. 41. 1904, ch. 202,

sec. 1. 1908, ch. 609.

46. 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