Briefly, he is charged with the following specific duties and responsibilities:
1. The safe navigation of his vessel.
2. The general management and care of his vessel.
3. The proper coaling—provisioning—supplying of water—etc.
4. That she be fully found—anchors—cables—warps—hawsers—boats— rafts—life-saving equipment—fire-fighting equipment, as required by law—compasses—chronometers—charts—sailing directions—sextants—and stores of all kinds needed to safely navigate her.
5. The proper signing of the ship's articles.
6. The keeping of the Official Log.
7. The carrying of a properly equipped medicine chest.
8. The carrying of a required slop chest, and compliance with the laws regulating the sale of slops.
9. He is liable for the wrong delivery of specie and cargo, or for loss or damage to the same due to carelessness or mismanagement on the part of the crew.