HENRY LLOYD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

in charge of steamers shall be one. thousand
dollars per annum; and they shall have power
to appoint one officer at a salary of six hun-
dred dollars per annum; one engineer or ma-
chinist at eight hundred dollars per annum,
and one assistant at a salary of five hundred
dollars; two seamen at twenty-five dollars
per month, and two at twenty dollars per

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month; two firemen at twenty-five dollars per
month; one steward and one cook at twenty
dollars per month each; and each Deputy
Commander of sloops or vessels shall receive
a salary of eight hundred dollars per annum ;
he shall have the power to appoint one officer
at a salary of five hundred and fifty dollars
per annum, and four seamen at a salary of
forty dollars per month during the oyster sea-
son, and thirty dollars per month after the
season, each to be selected from the district
in which they are to serve.

Salaries.

, SEC. 32. And be it enacted, That the officers
and crew of the vessels aforesaid, shall each
receive one ration per day, of the quality and
quantity such as is allowed by law to the
officers and crew of the Revenue Marine of the
United States, but no rations shall be allowed
to officers or crew of sailing vessels.

SEC. 33. And be it enacted, That the officers

Rations.

and crews aforesaid, shall be paid monthly by
the Treasurer, upon warrant of the Comptrol-
ler and the certificate of the Commanding
Officers that their duties have been performed
as required by law.

SEC. 34. And be it enacted, That all oysters in
the shell, disposed of in the State of Maryland,
shall be measured in a sealed measure of any
capacity from half a bushel to three bushels
that may be agreed upon between the seller
and purchaser; provided, that the said meas-

Pay.

ure or measures shall contain in quantity for
each bushel thereof according to the following
dimensions — that is to say, sixteen and a half
inches across from inside to inside at the bot-

Measure.