Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-04-22


shall be guarded by one sailing vessel.
except the third. which shall be guard
ed by three, and the sixth and seventh,
which shall oe guarded by two each |;
and it shalt b. la duty of the deputy
commander of the FIST district to
guard the waters of Chester river,
belonging TO Queen Anne's county
and the waters Of Kent county,
including Swan Point Bar; and the
duty Of the commander of the second
district to guard the waters of Eastern
Bay and its tributaries and the waters
Of Talbot county Is for down as Black
Walnut Point; and it shall be the
duty of one Of the deputy commanders
OF the third district to guard the
waters of Choptank river and its
tributaries, and the duty Of the second
to guard the waters Of Little Chop
tank river in Dorchester county, and
Of the third to guard the waters Of
Fishing bay, HOnga river, Tar bay,
Hooper's straits, Holland straits, and
the waters of Dorchester county up to
the line dividing Dorchester county
from the counties of Wicomico and
Somerset, and the remaining com.
manders to guard their respective
districts; provided. that the Board oil
Public Works or the Commander Of the
Fishery Force are hereby authorized
and empowered to order the deputy
commanders to do duty in any of the
waters in this State, when in the
judgment Of either they may deem it
necessary.
Sec. 25. And be it enacted, That the
Board of Public Works shall have
power to appoint suitable person to
command said force; to appoint a
deputy commander for each steamer ::
to appoint the deputy commanders for
each slOop for their respective dis
tricts, from 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 ap.
point their subordinates and select
their crews, and the term Of office OF
said commander shall be for two years,
unless sooner removed for incompe-
tency or neglect of duty; and if any
Of said officers shall fail in the dis
charge OF his duty by reason of collu.
sion with parties interested in violat.
ing any Of the provisions Of this Act
he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and on indictment and conviction il
a Court of Law, shall be fined or i'm.
pr!soned at the discretion of the
Court.
Sec. %. And be it enacted. That
the Board of Public Works shall have
the power TO remove any officer Of
raid force for neglect Of duty or in.
competency; and any officer com.
handing IN said force shall have the
rowerto remove any subordinate under
his command, and appoint a person
TO fill the vacancy whenever the in
terest Of said service may, in his
judgment, required him to do SO.
Sec 81. And be it enacted, That
the Board of Public Works shall have
the power, and it shall be their duty
TO keep the steamers and said vessels
in good order, and the Treasurer OF
the State, upon requisition of said
board and the warrant of the Comp.
troller, is hereby required and direct.
ed to pay the sum or sums necessary
to carry out the provisions of this
Act.
Sec. %. And be it enacted, That
the deputy commanders OF the steam.
ers be, and they are hereby, required
to keep their vessels constantly Oh
duty when circumstances will permit
anu that every locality where a VIC.
lation of the law is likely to occur
shall be visited as often as the dutie.
of the force and condition of the YES.
sells 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; and il
shall be the duty of the Commander
OF the State Fishery Force to detail
one Of said steamers to be employed
in experimenting the waters Of the
Patuxent aud Potomac rivers snt!
their tributaries.
Sec. 90. And be il enacted, That it
shall be the duty of the deputy com.
mandsrs Of the sloops to con6ne them
selves ordinarily to their several dis
tricis. but it shall be their duty, also,
to enforce any Of the provisions of this
Act, in any water adjacent to their
districts, when violation of the same
shall come to their knowledge.
Sec. SO. And be ii enacted, That
the commanding officer. and the denutv