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[CITE: 28USC1916]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                            PART V--PROCEDURE
 
                       CHAPTER 123--FEES AND COSTS
 
Sec. 1916. Seamen's suits

    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.

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


                      Historical and Revision Notes

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

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1921 of this title.
