The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-06-23

Resolution for the relief Of settlers upon the
nl,Sentee -haMn4t. lani. IN Kun:


absentee hawner Lands in kan-its.
Whereas large tract + lands set apart hy =
treaty with the Shawnee tribe ii lniIanS. dated
May 10Th, annD pomini ei-hteen hundred and
tifty- four, aud procl timed November sc nd. A d
1854, Tor TIL bpneft Of CERTAIN al, CuteeS q
the said Shawnee trlbe, l. now. and Tor m1ny
years past has been, escaped by a large number
Of white settlers and citizens of the state O
Kansas AMI whereas the beneficial in tei est 'i
the said absentee Shawnees in said lands VAS and
is absolu ely forfeited by reason Of their continued
absence ami ION aft iiaton with the said Shawnee
tribe and wheG eaS The said lands were urde ed
70 b. publicly sold at the Unitel states la d office
at Topeka, August tn I'd. eighteen hundred and
siIty-tnree. by Abraham Liza DIN. President, by
mis- proclamation dated March twentieth, anne
Domini eighteen hundred and sixty three and by
reason of the absence OF large numbers of said
settlers from their homes in the federal armies the
sale Indefinitely pIatpohei; TheIefnre,
Resolved by the Senate and House Of RepreSen-
tativeS OF the United States OfAmeriCa in Con-
gress assembled, That each bona fie s-ttler now
occupying said lands and having made improve
ments thereon. the heirs at law Of sucn, who
is = citizen # the United States. who has de-
ciarei his intention to bee me such, shall be en-
i:tled to pui chase the land occupied and i'm
proved by him, not to exceed one hundred and
sixty acres in ca case, AT the price of two dol
.ars and fifty cents per acre, und-r such rules and
regulations the Secretary If the Interior shall
prescribe: Provided, however, That the pro-
ceeds of said sales shall he ap ,ied in accordance
with the provisions fOf the treaty brtwee the
United states and the said Shawnee Indians pro-
claimed November second. ammo Domi-i eight
esn hundred and fifty four.
Approved. April7, 1865.
Public Resolution No. 10
Joint Resolution authorizing the building Of a
railroad bridge over the OHIO river at taducah
hentuCEy.
Be i; resolved by the Senate and House Of Rep
resen;atives of the United States Of America in
Congress assembled, That the consent Of Congress
DO, aud the same is hereby given to the erection
Of railroad bridge over the Ohio river Fl ON the
city Of Pa,iucah Kentucky, to the state of Hin
dis, by the Paducai and Cuff IA lroid Company
and such others may associate with them for
that purpose under the laws Of the States Of Ken
tucky and Illinoi,: Provided That said bridge is
built with unbrok en- or Continuous s,,an Of not
less than four hundred feet in the clear, from
pier to pier over the main channel of the river,
and is built in all other Respects in accOrdt"Ce
with the Conditions and iIui alton OF act
titled IAN aci to establish certain post roads,
approved July fiurteenth, eighteen hundred az 8
sixty two; that said bridge, wiieh CO upieted in
the manner specified in this luton all he
deemed and taken to hs a legal structure, and
shall be p, st road FIR the tran-rUissi II of the
mails Of the United States, but Cong e~s Reserves
the right Withdraw the mt hereby ciyun in
the free navigation Of laid river shall at any
time be substantially ana materially Instructed
by AM bridge to be cree ed under he auth Irity OF
this resolution. CT to direct the necessary moIi-
&c ,ti us and altera i Ms # sail bridge.
Approved, april !, lA69.