IPuRLIC-No. 70l
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 AN ACT declaratory of the law concerning contempts

 court.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rehresentatives ofthe United States o / Anae- rica in Congress assembled, That the pow CT of the several courts of the United States to issue attachments and infict summary pun- ishments for contempts of court, shall not be construed to extend to any cases except the misbehavior of any person or persons in the presence of the said courts, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, the misbehavior of any of the officers of the said courts in their official transactions, and the disobedience or resistance by any officer of the said courts, party, juror, witness or other person or persons, to any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command of the said courts.

 Sec. 5. find Dc h further enacted, That if any person or persons shall, corruptly, or by threats or force, endeavor to influence, in timidate, or impede any juror, witness, or of fcer, in any court of the United States, in the discharge of his duty, or shall, corruptly, or by threats or force, obstruct or impede, or endeavor to obstructo or impede, the due admin istration ofjustce therein, every person, or per- sons, so offending, shall be liable to prosecution therefor, by indictment, and shall, on convic- tion thereof, be punished, by fine not ex- ceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprison- ment, not exceeding three months, or both, according to the nature and aggravation of the offence. APPROVED, March 3, 1881.

 TPUBLIc-No. 71.1

 AN ACT for the relief of John Cough and other Canadian Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rehresentatfves oft the United States af Ame- ,ica in Congress assembled, That the Pre- sident of the United States be authorized to issue to John Cough, of Indiana, patent for the northeast quarter of section eleven, in township twelve, north, of range nine, west, in the Vincennes land district, upon the con- dition expressed therein, that neither said John, nor any person under him, shall claim any benefit under patent enormously issued for the southeast quarter of said section, and alleged to be lost.

 Sec. 9. find De it .further enacted, That the existing laws for the correction of errors in the purchase of the public land shall be equally applicable to erroneous locations of the warrants of Canadian refugees.

 APPROVED, March 9, 1881.