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take before one of the judges of the circuit courts the oath pre-
scribed 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 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 comp-
troller.

1896, ch. 418.

40. The salary of the commander of the State fishery force
shall be fifteen hundred dollars per annum, and the deputy com-
mander of the steamer shall receive a salary of ten hundred dol-
lars 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, one assistant engineer
at a salary of six hundred dollars per annum, one pilot at a
salary of thirty dollars per month, three seamen at a salary of
twenty-five dollars per month each, and two firemen at twenty-
five dollars per month each, and one cook and one steward, at a
salary of twenty-five dollars per month each; and each deputy
commander of the said vessels shall receive a salary of seven
hundred dollars per annum, and each deputy commander of the
said vessels shall have the power to appoint one officer at a salary
of five hundred dollars per annum, and four seamen at a salary
of thirty-five dollars each per month during the oyster season,
and thirty dollars per month after the 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.

1894, ch. 380.

41. No rations shall be allowed the officers and crews of the
State fishery force. The members of said force shall at all times
keep themselves neatly clothed in proper uniform when on duty
at their own expense.