The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-09-12
Public Ee.oiution-No. O.

a Restitution Tor the rcltef Of settlers upon the
absentee -hawnee lands in kan-as.
Whereas large tract # bands apart by a
treaty with the Shawnee tribe If Indians dated
May ioth, alno Domni ei-hteen hundred and
fifty four. aud proclaimed November sec nd A d.
lso+, ror thu benefit of certain ab entees of
the sail Shawnee tribe, is now, and m my
year- past has been. occupied by n large number
OF white settlers and citizens Of the state Of
Kansas AMI whereas the beneficial interest Of
the said absentee >ha~nees in said lands and
IL abs,lU ely forfeited by Of their led
absence ami ffilistion with the said shawnee
tribe "a, and whereas the said lands ordes ed
to b publicly sold at the United States la ID Office
ut Topeka. August tn I'd ei-ht-en hundred and
sixty-tIr-e. by Abraham LiHtoln. President, by
his proclamation dated March twentieth ammo
Domini eighteen hundred and sixty three and by
reason Of the absence of large numbers of said
settlers from th-ir homes in the federal armies the
sale was indefinitely postponed. Therefore,
Resolved by the Senate and House of Repre~en-
tatives OF the United States of America Con-
sress assembled, That each bona fiie settler now
"ccupyin. said lansis and having made improve
ments thereon, the heirs Al law If such, who
Is . citizen IF the United States. wb, has de-
cilrei his intention to bee, me such, shall be
titled 10 pui chase the land 50 occupied and i'm
prJv-d by him, not to exceed one hundred and
sixty acre. IN en- h case, at the price Of two dol
lars and nifty cents per acre, un-r such rules and
regulations a. the Secretary # the Interior shall
prescribe: Provided, however, That the pro-
c-eis II said sales shall be ap lied in accordance
with the provisions (of the treaty between the
Onitef STATES ana the Shawnee Indians,
claimed November second. ammo Domili eight
zen hundred and fifty four.
Approved, April :, 1860.
Public Resolution-No. 101
Joint Resilu ion authorizing the building of a
railroad bridge over the ONO river At Paducah
KENNEDY.
De it resolved by the Senate and House of Rep
r.sentatives of the United States Ct America in
Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress
be, And the same IS hereby. siven to the erection
IF . railroad bridge over the Ohio river Fl ON the
city Of Paiucah Kentucky, to the State Of Him
DIS. by the Padrcsh and Gu Railroad Company
and such others may as-criate with them for
THAT purpose under the laws Of the States If Ken
lucky and Illinoi-: Provided Tt said bridge is
bult with an unbrok-n or continuous span of not
les than fur hundred feet in the clear, from |
pier pier, over the main channel of the river
and is built in all other respects in accordance
with the Conditions and Limitation of act en- \
titled IAN to establish certain post ru,is, -
approved July fourteenth. eighteen hundred and |
sixty two: that said bridge. when Completed in /
the specified in this tuition, shall be /
deemed and taken to be a le.al structure, and /
shall he pst road fir the transmission of the |
mails of the United States, but Cong
the right t Withdraw the Mt hereby given in /
case the free navigation Of laid river shall ut any
time be substantially and materially INSTRUCTED |
by bridge to be erected under The authority of
ths resolution. or to direct the necessary modi-
nc ,tisns and alterations II said bridge.
Approved, april ], 1863