Chapter 246. To amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend section 1, chapter 209, of the United States Statutes at Large, volume 27, entitled ‘An Act providing 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 i
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CHAP. 246.— An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend section 1, chapter 209, of the United States Statutes at Large, volume 27, entitled ‘An Act providing 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,” approved June 25, 1910 (Thirty-sixth Statutes, page 866). June 27, 1922.[[S. 426](/us/bill/67/s/426).][[Public, No. 254](/us/pl/67/254). ] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, United States courts.Poor suitors, etc.Vol. 27, p. 252.
That the Act entitled “An Act to amend section 1, chapter 209, of the United States Statutes at Large, volume 27, entitled ‘An Act providing when plaintiff may sue as a poor person and when counsel shall be assigned by theVol. 36, p. amended. court,’ and to provide for the prosecution of writs of error and appeals in forma pauperis, and for other purposes,” approved June 25, 1910 (Thirty-sixth Statutes, page 866), be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: " Citizens may enter or defend suits, actions, writs of error, or appeals without prepaying costs.“That any citizen of the United States entitled to commence 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 defend to conclusion any suit orCertificate of trial court. action, or a writ of error or an appeal to the circuit court of appeals, or to the Supreme Court in such suit or action, including all appellate proceedings, unless the trial court shall certify in writing that in the opinion of the court such appeal or writ of error is not taken in good faith, without being required to prepay fees or costs or for the printing of the record in the appellate court or give security therefor, before or after bringing suit or action, or uponAffidavit of poverty, etc. suing out a writ of error or appealing, 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 give security for the same, and that he believes that he is entitled to the redress he seeks in such suit or action or writ of error or appeal, and setting forth briefly the nature of his alleged*Proviso*.Printing record on appeal, etc. cause of action, or appeal: *Provided*, That in any criminal case the court may, upon the riling in said court of the affidavit hereinbefore mentioned, direct that the expense of printing the record on appeal or writ of error be paid by the United States, and the same snail be paid when authorized by the Attorney General.
” " Approved, June 27, 1922.