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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 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, sec. 41. 1904, ch. 202, sec. 1.

42. The members of said force shall at all times keep them-
selves neatly clothed in proper uniform when on duty at their
own expense. The officers and crews of the steamers of
the State fishery force shall each receive one ration per day, of
the quality and quantity such as is allowed by law to the
officers and crews of the revenue marine of the United States,
but no rations shall be allowed to officers or crew of sailing
vessels, and the sum of nine dollars per month for each man
is hereby appropriated to carry into effect these provisions,
which sums are payable out of the oyster fund by the State,
to and upon the approval of the commander of the State fishery
force.

Ibid. sec. 43.

43. It shall be the duty of all officers of the oyster police
force to diligently watch and guard and to arrest all violators
of any of the provisions of this article, and the commanders of
both the vessels and steamers shall keep their boats on duty
at all times both day and night so far as possible, Sundays
included, and shall cruise near to the line dividing the grounds
which they are assigned to guard from the dredging grounds,
and shall harbor as near said line as it is possible for them to
do, and shall remain on board their boats at all times, unless
disabled by sickness or excused by the commander of the
force, and shall keep a log of their movements, and shall once
in each month forward a copy of such log to the office of the
commander; any violation of duty in these respects shall be
deemed a sufficient cause for the removal of any officer, and
he shall be so removed.

Ibid. sec. 44.

44. The State fishery force shall have authority to enforce
all laws of this State relating to fish, whether general or local,

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