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Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC

DIVISION 4. MASTERS, CREWS AND CARGOES [790 - 876]

  ( Division 4 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368. )
  

CHAPTER 2. Ship Masters and Cargoes [800 - 821]
  ( Chapter 2 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368. )

  
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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 a charter-party. His contracts for these purposes bind the owner to the full amount of the value of the vessel and freightage.

(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)