33 U.S.C. § 937
Certificate of compliance with chapter
No stevedoring firm shall be employed in any compensation district by a vessel or by hull owners until it presents to such vessel or hull owners a certificate issued by a deputy commissioner assigned to such district that it has complied with the provisions of this chapter requiring the securing of compensation to its employees. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1933–1934 · leading case: United States v. Boyd-Campbell Co., 72 F.2d 40 (5th Cir. 1934).
United States v. Boyd-Campbell Co., 72 F.2d 40 (5th Cir. 1934). “After the passage of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Act, so that the stevedores would be in compliance with sections 37 and 4 of the act (33 USCA §§ 937, 904), the policies insured them as well as the United States by name.”
Boyd-Campbell Co. v. United States, 5 F. Supp. 94 (S.D. Tex. 1933). “With the passage of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act effective July 1st, 1927, and because of a technical requirement of that law, the names of the various stevedoring contractors were inserted in the policy as certificate holders in order to comply with…”
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