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 surrender them for the common want, or payment of, or on giving security for, their value.
Cal. Harb. & Nav. Code § 805
Ship Masters and Cargoes
Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.
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