1050 OYSTERS—STATE FISHERY FORCE. [ART. 72.

1886, ch. 296, sec. 28.

30. The deputy commanders of the steamers are hereby re-
quired to keep their vessels constantly on duty, when circum-
stances will permit; and 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 vessels will allow, and every three
months a report shall be made to the board of public works of all
official action taken under this article.

Ibid. sec. 29.

31. It shall be the duty of the deputy commanders of the
sloops to confine themselves ordinarily to their several districts;
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.

Ibid, sec 30.

32. The commanding officer and the deputy commanders of
said force shall, before entering upon the discharge of their du-
ties, 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 commander in the
sum of three thousand dollars, to be approved by one of 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.

Ibid sec. 31.

33. The salary of the commander shall be fifteen hundred dol-
lars, and the salary of deputy commanders in charge of steamers
shall be one thousand dollars per annum; and they shall have
power to appoint one officer at a salary of six hundred dollars per
annum; one engineer or machinist at eight hundred dollars per
annum, and one assistant at a salary of five hundred dollars per
annum; two seamen at twenty-five dollars per month, and two at.
twenty dollars per month; two firemen at twenty-five dollars per
month; one steward and one cook at twenty dollars per month each;
and each deputy commander of sloops or vessels shall receive a sal-
ary of eight hundred dollars per annum; he shall have the power
to appoint one officer at a salary of five hundred and fifty dollars