ART. 72.] OYSTERS—STATE FISHERY FORCE. 1047

thereof, shall, upon the warrant of the comptroller, be paid into
the treasury and placed to the credit of a fund which shall be
called "the oyster fund," and the same shall be kept separate
and distinct from other funds in the treasury, and shall only
be drawn upon for the purpose of maintaining sufficient and
proper police regulations for the protection of fish and oysters
in Maryland waters and in payment of the officers and men,
and keeping in repair and supplying the necessary means of
sailing the boats and vessels of the State fishery force; and
the comptroller is hereby required to state in his annual report,
particularly, the receipts and expenditures on account of said
fund, and the balance standing to the credit of the State at the
time of making such report.

State Fishery Force.

1886, ch. 296, sec. 23.

25. The board of public works are empowered and directed to
purchase for each of the guard-boats such arms and ammunitions
as may be necessary to make them efficient, and the officers of
such boats shall be authorized to use such arms, in their discretion,
for the enforcement of the provisions of this article.

Ibid. sec. 24.

26. For the more efficient working of the State fishery force,
the waters of this State shall be divided into seven districts, of
which the waters of Kent and Queen Anne's shall be the
first; the waters of Queen Anne's and Talbot shall be the second;
the waters of Taibot and Dorchester, the third; the waters of
Wicomico, the fourth; the waters of Somerset, the fifth; the
waters of Anne Arundel, the sixth; the waters of St. Mary's,
Charles and Calvert, the seventh; each of the said districts shall
be guarded by one sailing vessel, except the third, which shall
be guarded by three, and the sixth and seventh, which shall be
guarded by two each; and it shall be the duty of the deputy
commander of the first district to guard the waters of Chester
river, belonging to Queen Anne's county, and the waters of Kent
county, including Swan point bar; and the duty of the com-
mander of the second district to guard the waters of Eastern bay
and its tributaries, and the waters of Talbot county, as far down
as Black Walnut Point; and it shall be the duty of one of the