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 866 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 434-436. 1910. presenting, or prosecuting such claim, or for any service or act whatsoever in connection with such claim, a sum greater than hve per centum Punishment iorvlo- of the amount of such claim, and any person who shall violate the · "“°"'· above rovision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof) shall, for each and every offense, be fined not exceeding five ( hundred dollars or be imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both, in. the discretion of the court. Approved, June 25, 1910. ` ·7¤¤¤?5· WW- CHAP. 435.-A.u Act To amend section one, chapter two hundred and nine, of [S' 5836*] the United States Statutes at Large, volume twenty-seven, entitled "An Act provid- [Public, No. 317.] ing when plaintiff may sue as a poor person and when counsel shall be assigned by the court," and to provide for the prosecution of writs of error and appeals in forma pauperis, and for other purposes. l{,¤J}°d§;*°*:°°g¥;· States of America in Congress assembled, That section one of an Act msnuba. ’ ' entitled "An Act roviding when plaintiff may sue as a oor person and when counsel sliall beassigned by the court," approvedp J ul twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: m§¤;;•ig¤g,g:‘§*$,{g; “That any citizen of the United States entitled to commence or amuse. defend any suit or action, civil or criminal, in any court of the United States may, upon the order of the court, commence and prosecute or Wrm of ·¤‘¤>, ,&,_¤¤d defend to conclusion any suit or action, or a writ of error, or an l ’ appeal to the circuit court of a peals, or to the Supreme Court in such suit or action, including all appellate proceedings, unless the trial court shall certify in writing thatin the o inion of the court such aplpeal or writ of error is not taken in good gnith, without being · require to prepay fees or costs or for the printing of the record in, the appellate court or give security therefor, before or after bringing m'A¤\d¤1¢<»fv<>v¤rw. suit or action, or upon suing out a writ of error or a pealing, upon filing in said court a statement under oath in writing that because of his poverty he is unable to pay the costs of said suit or action or of such writ of error or appeal, or to ive security for the same, and that he believes that he is entitled to tge redress he seeks by such suit or action or writ of error or appeal, and setting forth briefly the nature of his alleged cause of action, or appeal." Approved, June 25, 1910. Zl¤¤¢ 25- W10- CHAP. 438.-—An Act To co ‘ [S7 6118*] __ certain navigable waters wh0ll;fiditll1lir(irit;hlixi:1ll:;',0f New York the power to obstruct blic, No. 318. _ • [Pu 1 Be at enacted  the Senate and House;_fRey2resentativea of the United gig 12;:8 cigimn {States of Apzenca in Cbagresn assemble, That the consent of Con ress navigable waters is hereby given_to the city of New York, in the State of New §ork form a connecting link between other navigable waters of the United States, and lying wholly within the limits of said city, by closing all or any portion of the same or by building structures in or over the Pr _ same w err the said e1ty shall be awfully authorized to do so by the Ap’{,’§g$,*;, 0, Smg State of New York: Promded, lwwever, That any such obstruction wry of War. sw. shall be unlawful unless the location and plans for the roposed work or works before the commencement thereof shall have been filed with m””‘g°“·°'°~ and approved by the Secretary of lVar and Chief of Engineers and when theEp1ans for any such obstruction have been approved b, the Chief of ngineers and by the Secretary of War it shall)not be lzifwful to deviate from such plans either before or after the completion of such obstruction, unless the modification of such plans has Iieviousl * _ _ been submitted to and received the a r ‘ · 5 mm, ,0 da _ pp oval of the Chief of ngineers mu W ”*· and the Secretary)80f_ War: And provided further That the cit of ' New York shall liable for any damage that may be indicted iirpon private property by reason of any of the provisions of this Act.
 * Be it enacted by the Senate and House q/".Rep1•esentatw}2:es of the United
 * ¤°”Y in- to obstruct navigation of any river or other waterway which does not