6. His auth,ority on shipboard (Ware, Dist. Ct. 506) is very great, but is of a civil cha racter. He has a right to control and direct the efforts of the crew, and to use such force as may be necessary to enforce obedience to his lawful demands. He may even take life, if necessary, to suppress a mutiny. He may degrade officers. 1 Blatchf. & H. Adm. 195, 366; 1 Pet. Adm. 244 ; 4 Wash. C. C. 338 ; 6 Bost. LaW Rep. 304 ; 21 id. 148 ; 2 C. Rob. Adm. 261. He may punish acts of insolence, disobedience, and insubordination, and such other offentes as may be required for the safety and discipline of the ship. Flogging is, how ever, prohibited, 9 U. S. Stat. at Large, 515 ; and for any unreasonable, arbitrary, or brutal exercise of authority towards a seaman or passenger he is liable, criminally and in a civil suit. 4 U. S. Stat. at Large 776, 1235 ; 1 Conkling, Adm. 430-439 ; 14 johns. N. Y. 119.
7. If the roaster has not funds for the necessary supplies, repairs, and uses (see 3 Wash. C. C. 484) of his ship when abroad, he may borrow money for that purpose on the credit of his owners ; and if it cannot be pro cured on his and their personal credit, he may take up money on bottomry, or, in extreme cases, may pledge his cargo. 3 Mas. C. C. 255 ; Abbott, Shipp. 162 ; 3 Kent, Comm.
Lect. 49. See BOTTOMRY; RESPONDENTIA.
In such cases, and, generally, when con tracting within the ordinary scope of his pow ers and duties, he is personally responsible, as well as his owners, when they are person ally liable. On bottomry.loans, however, there is ordinarily no personal liability in this coun try, or in England, beyond the fund which comes to the hands of the master or owners from the subject of the pledge. Abbott, Shipp. 90 ; Story, Ag. 116, 123, 294. In most cases, too, the ship is bound for the perform ance of the master's contract, Ware, Dist. Ct. 322; but all contracts of the master in chartering or freighting his vessel do not give such a lien. 19 How. 82.
S. He has a lien upon, and a consequent right to retain, the freight earned by his ship for the repayment of money advanced by him for necessary repairs and supplies, 9 Mass. 548; 4 Johns. Ch. N. Y. 218, or for seamen's wages; and payment to the owner after notice of the master's lien does not discharge the consignee, 5 Wend. N. Y. 315: but not, it would seem, upon the ship itself, 1 Parsons, Mar. Law, 389 ; nor has he any lien on the freight for his wages. 11 Pet. 175; 5 Wend. N. Y. 315. Consult Abbott, Flanders, on Shipping ; Parsons on Maritime Law ; 3 Kent, Commentaries.