Chap. 808.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend
and re-enact section 2159 of the code of Virginia, in relation to the oyster
tleet, approved March 4, 1890. .

Approved March 8, 1894.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section twenty-one hun-
dred and fifty-nine of the code of Virginia, in relation to the oyster
fleet, approved March fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety, be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 2159. Captains of steamers and vessels; their appointment ;
term of office; employment of crews; their pay.—The said board
shall appoint the captains of steamers and vessels used by the state
for the protection and guarding the oyster beds of this common-
wealth and to enforce the oyster laws thereof, who shall be expe-
rienced seamen, acquainted with the waters‘of the Chesapeake bay
and its tributaries, one of whom shall be designated as captain-in-
chief, and all of whom shall hold their office at the will and pleasure
of the board of Chesapeake and its tributaries, and said appoint-
ments be made on or after first of April, eighteen hundred and
ninety-four. Each captain shall employ by the month the neces-
sary crew to man his steamer or vessel, as the case may be, subject,
however, to the approval of the board. The pay of the captains and
crews shall be fixed by the board. The captains shall co-operate in
carrying out the provisions of all the oyster laws of this state, sub-
ject to the orders of the captain-in-chief, all of whom shall be sub-
ject to the command of the governor, as commander-in-chief of the
land and naval forces of the state.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.