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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

To keep in
good order.

said vessels in good order, and the Treasurer
of the State, upon requisition of said Board
and the warrant of the Comptroller, is hereby
required and directed to pay the sum or sums
necessary to carry out the provisions of this
act.

SEC. 28. And be it enacted, That the Deputy
Commanders of the steamers be and they are
hereby required to keep their vessels con-
stantly on duty when circumstances will per-

Keep con-
stantly o n
hand.

mit, and that every locality where a violation
of the law is likely to occur, shall be visited
as often as the duties of the force and condi-
tion of the vessels will 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.

SEC. 29. And be it enacted, That it shall be

Sloops con-
fined to their
own districts.

the duty of the Deputy Commanders of the
sloops to confine themselves ordinarily to their
several districts, but it shall be their duty also
to enforce any of the provisions of this act
in any water adjacent to their district, when
a violation of the same shall to come to their
knowledge.

SEC. 30. And be it enacted, That the Com-
manding Officer and the Deputy Commanders
of said force, shall, before entering upon the
discharge of their duties, take before one of the
Judges of the Circuit Courts the oath pre-

Bonds.

scribed by the Constitution, and the Command-
ing 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 said Judges, for the faithful per-
formance of their duties as prescribed in this
act, the said bond or bonds to be filed with
the Comptroller.

SEC. 31. And be it enacted, That the salary
of the Commander shall be fifteen hundred
dollars, and the salary of Deputy Commanders