ART. 13. ] OYSTERS.

comptroller, is hereby directed to pay the sum or sums necessary to
carry out the provisions of this section.

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30. The commanding officer, who shall have charge of the
steamer, may be selected from the State at large, but that the
deputy commanders shall be selected from the districts in which
they are to serve.

Id a 31.
From where
officers selected

31. The commanding officer is hereby required to keep his ves-
sel 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

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Vessels to he
kept on duty

vessel will allow, and that every three months a report shall be made
to the commissioners of the fishery force, of all official action taken
under the law, and of all moneys received for license issued to
parties engaged in carrying oysters taken in this State, which, on
warrant of the comptroller, shall be paid into the treasury

Reports.

32. It shall be the duty of the deputy commanders, to confine
themselves ordinarily to their several districts, but it shall be com-
petent for them to enforce any of the provisions of this act, in any
waters adjacent to their districts, when a violation of the same shall

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Where deputy
commanders to
perform duty

come to their knowledge; and that they shall report quarterly to
the comptroller, the amount of moneys received for licenses issued
to persons engaged in carrying oysters taken in this State, and on
receiving his warrant, shall pay the same into the treasury.

Reports

33. The commanding officer and deputy commander of said
force shall, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, take,
before one of the judges of the Circuit Court, the oath prescribed by

Id s 34
Oath.

the Constitution, and shall enter into bond to the State of Maryland,
in the sum of three thousand dollars, to be approved by said judges,
for the faithful performance of their duties as prescribed in this act

Bond.

34. The salary of the commanding officer, in charge of steamer,
shall be two thousand five hundred dollars per annum, and he shall
have power to appoint one officer at twelve hundred dollars per
annum, one engineer at twelve hundred dollars per annum, and one
officer at nine hundred dollars per annum, three seamen at thirty
dollars per month, two seamen at twenty-five dollars per month, one
fireman at thirty-five dollars per month, one fireman at thirty dollars
per month, one fireman at twenty-five dollars per month, one steward
at twenty-five dollars per month, one cook at twenty-five dollars per
month; and each deputy commander shall receive a salary of twelve
hundred dollars per annum, and shall have power to appoint one
officer at a salary of eight hundred dollars per annum, and three
seamen at a salary of forty dollars per month, each to be selected
from the district in which they are to serve.

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Salaries of
officers and
men

35. The officers and crew of the steamer aforesaid, shall each re-
ceive one ration per day of the quality and quantity such as is
allowed by law to the officers and crew of the Revenue Marine of
the United States, but no rations shall be allowed to officers or
crews of the sailing vessels.

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Rations

36, The officers and crew aforesaid, shall be paid monthly by the

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When paid.