Chapter 97. To amend sections twenty-four and two hundred and fifty-six of the Judicial Code, relating to the jurisdiction of the district courts, so as to save to claimants the rights and remedies under the workmen’s compensation law of any State
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CHAP. 97.— An Act To amend sections twenty-four and two hundred and fifty-six of the Judicial Code, relating to the jurisdiction of the district courts, so as to save to claimants the rights and remedies under the workmen’s compensation law of any State. October 6, 1917.[[S. 2916](/us/bill/65/s/2916).][[Public, No. 82](/us/pl/65/82).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That clause three of sectionJudicial Code.Vol. 36, p. 1091, amended.District courts.Jurisdiction in admiralty and maritime causes.Extended to State workmen’s compensation laws. twenty-four of the Judicial Code is hereby amended to read as follows;
" “Third. Of all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, saving to suitors in all cases the right of a common-law remedy where the common law is competent to give it, and to claimants the rights and remedies under the workmen’s compensation law of any State; of all seizures on land or waters not within admiralty and maritime jurisdiction; of all prizes brought into the United States; and of all proceedings for the condemnation of property taken as prize.” " Sec. 2.
That clause three of section two hundred and fifty-sixExclusive jurisdiction of United States courts.Vol. 36, p. 1161, amended.Admiralty and maritime causes.State workmen’s compensation laws added. of the Judicial Code is hereby amended to read as follows:" “Third. Of all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, saving to suitors in all cases the right of a common-law remedy where the common law is competent to give it, and to claimants the rights and remedies under the workmen’s compensation law of any State.
” " Approved, October 6, 1917.