§ 1916. Seamen’s suits

Statutory text

In all courts of the United States, seamen may institute and prosecute suits and appeals in their own names and for their own benefit for wages or salvage or the enforcement of laws enacted for their health or safety without prepaying fees or costs or furnishing security therefor.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1948
Title 28, United States Code, section —
Pub. L. 80–646 · 62 Stat. 869
Enacted · 28 U.S.C. § 1916
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 955.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 955.)

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Notes

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 837 (June 12, 1917, ch. 27, § 1, 40 Stat. 157; July 1, 1918, ch. 113, § 1, 40 Stat. 683).

Changes in phraseology were made.

Credits

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 955.)