The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-07-14
Approved, April G, 1850.


rPublic Resolurio1-No- @
A Restitution for the relief Of settlers Ufon the
absentee shawnee lands in kan-as-
Whereas a large tract f lands set apart by
treaty WIKI the shawnee tribe "f Infians dated
Nav l5Ih, Donini Ell :hfeen hundred ana
.ftv-f,ur and proclaimed November sec nd. D.
1854 t,r th- benefit of certain ali entecs Of
The sail Shawnee tribe, is now, and for many
years past has been, occupied by a large number
Il white settlers anti citizens OF the state of
Kansas: and where the beneficial interest al
the sud absent-e Shawnees in said lands was and
abs5lu ely forfeited by reason Of their cotinued
absence ami uon-affiaIion with the said Shawnee
tribe and whereas the said lands were ur'ie' Ell
10 b. publicly sold tn United States land Office
az topeka August third. ei.hfeen hundred and
s:xty-tnE.e. by Abraham Liacoin. President, by
his Proclamation dated March twentieth ammo
p,Hini eighteen hundred and sixty three and by
reason of the abse;,ce of large numbers Of sad
settlers from TN ir homes in the federal armies the
sale was in,iefnteiy p,-tpo-e'i: Ther efore.
Resolved BY the Senate and House of Represen-
tatiyes OF the United States ofATnerica IL Con-
.ress assembled, That each bona fie sitter now
o,cupyin, said Iants and having made improve
1ients therss,n, the heirs al law of sucn, VII"
IL CITIZEN If the United States. or who has de-
ciare.i his intention to become such, shall be en-
titled to pa chase the land 50 occupied and I'M
prgyed by him. not to exceed one hundred and
sixty in earh case, at the price 81 two dol
lars and fifty cents per acre, under such rules ana
regulations the secretary of The Interior shall
pfescribe Provided. however, That the pro-
cee.s Of said sales shall sled in accordance
with the provisions Iof the treaty between the
United states and the said Shawnee Indians. pro-
c:sned November Second, ammo Dosni,i eight
zen hun lrei and fifty fur.
Approved, Aprli1, 1863.
Public Resolution-No. 1Ol
Joint Resolution authorizing the building Of a
railroad bridge over the OHIO river At Paducah,
KeniucEy.
Belt resolved hy the Senate and House Of Rep
rssen;atives of the United states CT America in
Congress assembled That the consent Of Ongress
be- and the rs hereby, given to the erection
IF railroad bridge the Ohio river Il ON the
city of Paiucah Kentucky, tn the state OF Him
,,is by the Paduca.i and Guf Railroad Company
and snct Others may associate with them for
that p, ,,se under the Laws Vt the States of Hen
turkv an. Niino-: Provided, That said bridge Is
luiIt with an unbrokrn or continuous span OF not
less than fur hundred feet in the clear, from
.,iar to i.ier the main channel Of the river,
and is built in all other respects in accordance
with the c,niitIor> and Hlaiiat;on OF an act en-
titled "a D nc. to establish certain post roads, "
approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and
sixty two; that said bridge, when Completed IN
the manner spec fed liz this res luton, sail be
deemed aid taken to b. a legal structure, and
shall be D ST rnad FIR the transmission of the
mails Of the United States, but Cong e-s reserves
the riynt c withdraw the mt hereby given in
Gaze the free navigation of laid river shall At any
tine be sub st.ntisliy and materially Ubstrncied
bv any brilg. to be ed under the anth 'rty OF
TIL. resolution. or to direct the necessary modi-
&c iii ms and alterations # said bridge.
Approved, April ], l>69.