1590 OYSTERS. [ART. 72

mand the one steamer that is regularly in commission as a part
of the State fishery force, and to appoint a deputy commander
for each sailing vessel for their respective districts from among
persons of the counties whose waters comprise the different
districts, who shall be commissioned by the governor, and the
said deputy commanders shall have power to appoint their
subordinates and select their crews, and the terms of office of
said commanders shall be for two years unless sooner removed
for incompetency or neglect of duty; and if any of the said
officers shall fail in the discharge of his duty by reason of col-
lusion with parties interested in violating any of the pro-
visions of this article, he shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon indictment and conviction in a court of com-
petent jurisdiction shall be fined or imprisoned, at the discre-
tion of the court; no person shall be eligible to the office of
commander of the State fishery force or deputy commander
who is the owner of or who has any interest in any scrape or
dredge boat, and it is hereby made unlawful for the board of
public works to appoint any such person as 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 business pertaining to its official
duties or on State business.

1894, ch. 380. sec. 35.

36. 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.

Ibid, sec 36. 1896, ch. 418. 1900, ch 380

37. The board of public works shall have power and it
shall be their duty to keep the steamers of said vessels in
good repair, and for the purpose of reducing the expense 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 said steamer be put in com-
mission except during the dredging season, and only then in
such emergency as the board of public works may judge is