108 OYSTERS. [ART. 72

for their several assistants; provided, further, that the board
of public works is hereby authorized to contract for a guard-
boat to protect St. Mary's and St. George's rivers and Smith's
creek during the whole year at a cost not exceeding seven
hundred and twenty dollars for the boat, captain and two men,
and three hundred dollars for a boat, captain and one man
during the closed season.

1900, ch. 380.

40. The salary of the commander of the State fishery force
shall be fifteen hundred dollars 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, and one assistant engineer at a salary of six hun-
dred dollars -per annum, one pilot at a salary of thirty-five
dollars per month during the oyster season, and thirty dollars
per month during the closed season; two seamen, two firemen
and one cook at a salary of thirty dollars per month each, 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 three seamen at a salary of thirty-five dollars
each per month during the oyster season and thirty dollars
per month during the closed season, except the deputy com-
mander 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.

Ibid.

42. Repealed.

Ibid.

45. The commander of said force shall have the control and
direction of said force under the supervision of the board of
public works, with power to direct its movements, and shall
have an office, to which place all complaints and applications
for assistance shall be addressed, and it shall be his duty to
have kept an itemized account of all expenses and disburse-