ART. 72] STATE FISHERY FORCE. 473

any such person to be commander or deputy commander of any
boat or vessel in the State fishery force. The steamers and boats
belonging to the State fishery force are to be used only on busi-
ness pertaining to its official duties or on State business.

1894, ch. 880.

35. The board of public works shall have power to remove
any officer of said force for neglect of duty or incompetency;
and the commander of the force shall have power to suspend any
officer of the force for a period not exceeding thirty days for any
neglect of duty; and any officer commanding in said force shall
have power to remove any subordinate under his command and
to appoint a person to fill the vacancy whenever the interest of
said service may, in his judgment, require him so to do.

1896, ch. 418.

36. The board of public works shall have power, and it shall
be their duty to keep the steamers and sail vessels in good order
and repair; and for the purpose of reducing the expenses of the
State fishery force, the said board is authorized and hereby
required to lay up and put out of commission one steamer, and
under no circumstances shall the steamer be placed in commission,
except during the dredging season, and only then in such emer-
gency as the board of public works may judge is necessary that
both steamers are required to enforce the provisions of this article;
and in such cases the commander shall take command of said
steamer and ship a crew, and as soon as the emergency is passed
the said commander shall discharge said crew and place said
steamer out of commission again, retaining only one man to act
as watchman, who shall receive not more than thirty dollars per
month while so employed; and for the purpose of still further
reducing expenses, the said board of public works is authorized,
in its discretion, to sell one of the steamers, and to turn the
funds arising from such sale over to the comptroller to be placed
to the credit of the "Oyster Fund. " The board of public works is
further authorized and required to reduce the number of employes
on the sail boats from the fifteenth day of April until the
fifteenth day of September of each year, to three, viz,: Captain,
mate and cook, excepting the schooners ". Nelly Jackson, " "Folly"