California Harbors and Navigation Code 870 – If a vessel is wrecked or lost, a seaman is entitled to his wages up …
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If a vessel is wrecked or lost, a seaman is entitled to his wages up to the time of the loss or wreck, whether freightage has been earned or not, if he exerts himself to the utmost to save the vessel, cargo, and stores.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
Terms Used In California Harbors and Navigation Code 870
- Vessel: includes ships of all kinds, steamboats, steamships, canal boats, barges, sailing vessels, and every structure adapted to be navigated from place to place for the transportation of merchandise or persons. See California Harbors and Navigation Code 21