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  Perform 
  du- 
  

   ties 
  in 
  other 
  

   waters. 
  

  

  Walnut 
  Point 
  ; 
  and 
  it 
  (shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  deputy 
  conimanders 
  of 
  the 
  tlrird 
  district, 
  

   to 
  guard 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Choptank 
  river 
  and 
  its 
  

   tributaries, 
  which 
  lay 
  in 
  Talbot 
  county 
  ; 
  and 
  

   the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  commander 
  of 
  Wicomico 
  county 
  

   boat, 
  to 
  guard 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Wicomico 
  county, 
  

   and 
  the 
  line 
  between 
  Somerset 
  and 
  Wicomico 
  

   county 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  remaining 
  commanders 
  to 
  

   guard 
  their 
  respective 
  districts 
  ; 
  provided, 
  that 
  

   the 
  Board 
  ot 
  Pul)lic 
  AVorks 
  or 
  the 
  commander 
  

   of 
  the 
  Fishery 
  Force, 
  are 
  hereby 
  authorized 
  

   and 
  empowered 
  to 
  order 
  the 
  deputy 
  command- 
  

   ers 
  to 
  do 
  duty 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  waters 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  

   when, 
  in 
  the 
  judgment 
  of 
  either, 
  they 
  may 
  

   deem 
  it 
  necessar3^ 
  

  

  Power 
  to 
  ap- 
  

   point. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  27. 
  Ar/d 
  he 
  it 
  enacted. 
  That 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  

   Public 
  Works 
  shall 
  have 
  power 
  to 
  ap]X)int 
  a 
  

   suitable 
  })erson 
  to 
  command 
  said 
  force, 
  to 
  ap- 
  

   point 
  the 
  dejmty 
  commanders 
  for 
  their 
  respec- 
  

   tive 
  districts 
  from 
  ] 
  ^ersons 
  ( 
  »f 
  the 
  counties 
  whose 
  

   waters 
  com])rise 
  the 
  different 
  districts, 
  who 
  

   shall 
  be 
  commissioned 
  by 
  the 
  Governor, 
  and 
  

   the 
  said 
  commander 
  and 
  deputy 
  commanders 
  

   shall 
  have 
  power 
  to 
  a])point 
  their 
  suboi-dinates, 
  

   and 
  select 
  their 
  crews 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  term 
  of 
  office 
  

   of 
  said 
  commander 
  and 
  deputy 
  ccmimanders 
  

   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 
  l)y 
  reason 
  of 
  collusion 
  with 
  parties 
  inter- 
  

   ested 
  in 
  violating 
  any 
  of 
  tlie 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  

   act, 
  he 
  shtdl 
  be 
  guilty 
  of 
  a 
  misdeuieanor, 
  and 
  

   on 
  indictment 
  and 
  conviction 
  in 
  a 
  court 
  of 
  law, 
  

   shall 
  be 
  lined 
  or 
  imprisoned 
  at 
  the 
  discretion 
  of 
  

   the 
  court. 
  

  

  Power 
  to 
  re- 
  

   move. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  28. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  the 
  Board 
  

   of 
  Public 
  AVorks 
  shall 
  have 
  the 
  power 
  to 
  remove 
  

   any 
  officer 
  of 
  said 
  force 
  for 
  neglect 
  of 
  duty 
  or 
  

   incompetency, 
  and 
  any 
  officer 
  commanding 
  in 
  

   said 
  force, 
  shall 
  have 
  the 
  power 
  to 
  i-emove 
  any 
  

   subordinate 
  under 
  his 
  command, 
  and 
  appoint 
  

   a 
  i)erson 
  to 
  till 
  the 
  vacancy 
  whenever 
  the 
  inter- 
  

  

  