Unless otherwise directed, it is the duty of the manager of a vessel to provide for its complete seaworthiness; to take care of it in port; and to see that it is provided with necessary papers, with a proper master, mate, and crew, and supplies of provisions and stores.
Cal. Harb. & Nav. Code § 831
Ship’s Managers
Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.
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