CHAPTER 2. Ship Masters and Cargoes [800. - 821.]
Chapter 2 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.
§§ 800–821 · 22 sections
- § 800 The master of a vessel is appointed by and holds his appointment at the pleasure of the owner.
- § 801 The master of a vessel shall be always on board when it is entering or leaving a port, harbor, or river unless the vessel is in charge of a mate who possesses…
- § 802 On entering or leaving a port, harbor, or river, the master of a vessel, the navigation of which is not in charge of a pilot, licensed for that port, harbor,…
- § 803 The master of a vessel may enforce the obedience of the mate and seamen to his lawful commands by confinement and other reasonable corporal punishment; but the…
- § 804 The master of a vessel may confine any person on board, during a voyage, for wilful disobedience to his lawful commands.
- § 805 If, during a voyage, the vessel’s supplies fail, the master, with the advice of the officers, may compel persons who have private supplies on board to…
- § 806 The master of a vessel shall not abandon it during the voyage, without the advice of the other officers.
- § 807 The master of a vessel, upon abandoning it, shall carry with him, so far as it is in his power, the money and the most valuable of the goods on board, under…
- § 808 The master of a vessel, who engages for a common profit on the cargo, shall not trade on his own account, and if he does, he shall account to his employer for…
- § 809 The master of a vessel shall use great care and diligence in the performance of his duties, and he is responsible for all damage occasioned by his negligence.
- § 810 The master of a vessel is a general agent for its owner in all matters concerning the vessel.
- § 811 The master of a vessel has authority to borrow money on the credit of its owner, if it is necessary to enable him to complete the voyage, and if neither the…
- § 812 During a voyage, the master of a vessel is a general agent for each of the owners of the cargo, and has authority to do whatever they might do for the…
- § 813 The master of a vessel may procure all its necessary repairs and supplies, may engage cargo and passengers for carriage, and, in a foreign port, may enter into…
- § 814 The master of a vessel may hypothecate the vessel, freightage, and cargo, and sell part of the cargo, in the cases prescribed by the articles on bottomry and…
- § 815 When a vessel, whether foreign or domestic, is seriously damaged, or the voyage is otherwise broken up beyond the possibility of pursuing it, the master, in…
- § 816 The master of a vessel may sell the cargo if the voyage is broken up beyond the possibility of pursuing it, and no other vessel can be obtained to carry it to…
- § 817 The master of a vessel in case of its capture may engage to pay a ransom for it in money or in part of the cargo, and his engagement will bind the vessel,…
- § 818 The power of the master of a vessel to bind its owner, or the owners of the cargo, ceases upon the abandonment of the vessel and freightage to insurers.
- § 819 Unless otherwise expressly agreed, or unless the contracting parties give exclusive credit to the owner, the master of a vessel is personally liable upon his…
- § 820 The master of a vessel is liable to third persons for the acts or negligence of persons employed in its navigation, whether appointed by him or not, to the…
- § 821 The owner of a vessel is bound to pay to the owner of the cargo, at the time of arrival of the vessel at the port of the destination, the market value of that…