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	commanders shall have power to appoint their sub-
	ordinates and select their crews ; and the term of
	office of said commander and deputy commanders
	shall be for two years, unless sooner removed for
	incompetency or neglect of duty; and if any of said
	officers shall fail in the discharge of his duty by rea-
	son of collusion with parties interested in violating
	any of the provisions of this act, he shall be guilty of
	a misdemeanor, and on indictment and conviction
	in a court of law shall be fined or imprisoned at the
	discretion of the court.
	SEC. 28. And be it enacted, That the Board of
	Public Works shall have the power to remove any
	officer of said force for neglect of duty or incompe-
	tency, and any officer commanding in said force shall	Power to re-
	have the power to remove any subordinate under	move.
	his command and appoint a person to fill the vacan-
	cy whenever the interest of said service may, in his
	judgment, require him to do so.
	SEC. 29. And be it enacted. That the Board of
	Public Works shall have power to keep the
	steamer and said vessels in good order, and the Trea-
	surer of the State, upon requisition of the said board	To pay sums
	and the warrant of the Comptroller, is hereby re-	necessary
	quired and directed to pay the sum or sums necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.
	SEC. 30. And be it enacted, That the command-
	ing officer who shall have charge of the steamer may	How selected
	be selected from the State at large, but the deputy
	commanders shall be selected from the districts in
	which they are to serve.
	SEC. 31. And be it enacted, That the commanding
	officer be and he is hereby required to keep his vessel
	constantly on duty, when circumstances will permit,
	and that every locality where a violation of the law
	is likely to occur shall be visited as often as the	Keep on con-
	duties of the force and condition of the vessel will	stant duty.
	allow, and that every three months a report shall be
	made to the Board of Public Works of all official
	action taken under the law, and of all money re-
	ceived for license issued to parties engaged in carry-
	ing oysters taken in this State, which, on warrant of
	the Comptroller, shall be paid into the treasury.