The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-10-16
Apnrpyel. April 6, 1862.
IPubIic Res.,lu,icn-No. o.

Public ReS-liutlcn-No- -
A Resolution for the relief If settlers upon the
absentee hawnee lands in Kansas
Whereas large tract # lands set apart by
Iieaty with the Shawnee tribe II lniiiaIi> date't
May l0Jh, ammo Dornini eighteen hundred ana
fifty-f,ur and procI,imed November sec nd ID
1854 Tor tn, benefit of certain ali entees Of
tn. salt Shawnee t-Ihe. Is now. and Tor m my
yeSr- past has been. occupied by large nuinoer
of white settlers and citizens OF the state 81
Kansas: where's the beneficial intef est II
the said absentee Shlwuees in said lands was and
Is abs ely frfitei by reason OF .heir continued
atsenrr AMI Capitalization with the said Shawnee
tribe and whereas the said lands were orte ct
to publicly sold at the United states Had Office
a, Topeka August tn I'd, ei-hteen hundred and
Sixty-t Iree. by Abraham Liza 'oin President by
his PROCLAMATION dated March twentieth. annn
Dom nj eighteen hundred and sixty three ami nv
reason Of the absence Of large numbers OF -ad
settlers from tn il home. in the federal armies the
sale was indefinitely p,-Ipohed: Therefore.
Resolved by the Senate and House Of Repre-en-
tstiye. of the United States Of America III Con-
cre,~ assembled, That each bona nte sitter now
,.-curyinz sid Iantis and havin., made improve
rnents thereon, tine heirs at law of such, who
is ciiiz-n 4 the United STATES or VIII" has de-
ciArel his intention TO bescm such, shall he en-
tilted TO purchase the land occupied and i'm
prsv-i by him, not to exceed one hundred and
sixty acres in h case, at the Iriee 81 two dol
lars and fifty cents per acre, under such rules and
regulations a the Secretary If he Interior shall
prescribe: Provided, however, That the pro-
Gee 1T said sales shall ap lied in accordance
with the provisions Tof the treaty brtween the
Unitei states and the said Shawnee Indians. pro-
claimed November ser"nd. ammo DomiI eight
cen hundred and fifty four
Approved, iprIlI. 1862
Public Eesolution-No. 10
joint Res,lu ron authorizing the building Of a
railroad bridge over the OHIO river iaiucat,
Kenturfy-
Belt resolved by the Senate and House Of Rep
r-sen,ativss of the United States # Americs in
Congress assembled. That the consent Of congress
be- ans! the same IS hereby. ziven 10 the erection
Of a railroad bridge over the Ohio river Fl ON the
CITY IF Pseiucai Kentucky, To the state of Him
oi5 by the paducah and Gu f Railroad Company
and such others may associate with them for
that purroSe under the laws Of the States If Ken
tucky and IiIiuoi-: Provided, That said bridge IS
buiir with an unbroken Continuous span of not
less than four hundred feet in the clear, from
pi-r to pier over the main channel Of the river,
and il built in all other respects in accordance
with the Conditions and limitation of an act en-
titled IAN nc. TO establish certain post roads,
approved Juiy fourteenth, eighteen hundred an
sixty two: that said bridge, when Co npleted IN
the manner specified in this res luton. all be
deemed and taken to be n le-al structure, and
shall be a pet rad ff the transmissiuu OF the
mails IF the United States. but Cong ess reserves
the riyrt Withdraw the Mt hereby given in
case the free navigation of laid river shall at any
time be substantially and materially INSTRUCTED
hv anv bridge be ed under he authority OF
this resolution or to direct the necessary modi-
fc.ti rs and alterations # said bridge.
Approved, April IL s69