The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-07-23
Approved, April 6, 1869.
TPublic Resoiurion-No. o.


Resolution tor the relief If settlers upon the
absentee shawnee lands in Kansas
Whereas "A large tract OF lands set apart py
treaty with the Shawnee tribe OF Indians, dated
MAY 10;h, ammo Domini eighteen hundred ana
nfty-fJar and proclaimed November sec nd A D.
1854 for the benefit of certain ab enteeS "i
the said shawnee tribe, is now, and Tor many
wears past has been, occupied by a large huiioet
of white settlers and citizens OF the stare oi
Kansas, AMI where's the bene ncIti interest oI
the siiG. absentee Shawnees in sail lands was and
Is abs iu ely forfeited by reason oi their contnuei
absence AMI uonaffiliation with the said Shawnee
tribe and whereas the said lands were nraered
to b. publicly sold the United States land office
Of Topeka August third, eighteen hundred and
sixty-tHree, by Abraham Lincoln, President by
his proclamation dated March twentieth, ammo
Dcrani eiciIte-n hundred and sixty three anu by
reason of the absence of large numbers OF SAID
settlers from their homes in the federal armies the
sale was Indefinitely postponed: There fore.
Resolved BY the Senate and House of Represen-
tative- of the United States of American Con-
eress assembled. That each bona f1e settler now
.Acupyirly said lands and having made improve
--ents thereon. the heirs at law of such, who
Is a citizen Of the United States. or who has de-
clarol his intention To become such shall be en-
titled u purchase the land occupied and I'M
moved by him not to exceed one hundred and
sixty in each case at the price of two dol
lars and fifty cents per acre. under such rules ana
regulations the secretary of the Interior shall
prescribe Provided, however, That the pro-
of said sales shall be piled in accordance
with the provisions fof the treaty b-tween the
United states and the said Shawnee Indians, pro-
claimed November Second, ammo Donlii eight
cen hunire-l and nfty-ftur-
Approved. Aprds. 1861
Public Resolution-No. 10
Joint Resolution authorizing the building Of a
railroad bridge oseE the Ohio river at fadlcah,
Kentucky.
Belt resolved by the Senate and House If Rep
r.sentatiy,s Of the United States If America in
C.,arres. assembled. That the consent uf congress
be- and the same IL hereby, given To the erection
If !, railroad bridge over the Ohio river f cm the
CITY If Patiussh kentucky, to the State Of Him
oi-. by tn. pa.iucah and Cuff Railroad Company
and such others may associate with theID Tor
that PURPOSE under the laws Of the States Of hen
tn XIV and Illinois: Provided. That said bridge Is
b;.iit with tinbTUken contIn span ii not
les than our hundred feet in the clear, from
bier t. ;.ier the main channel OF the river,
and is built in all other respects in accordance
win the c.,ii,IJI- and limitation OF an act en-
titled San .ic 10 establish certain post rotis,
approved July flurte-nth- eighteen hundred anu
s:Stv two; that said bridge, when Completed IN
the rnanrer specified in this Tuition, sail be
deemed and taken to bs a legal structure, and
shall be a post rad FIR tfIe TRANSMISSION of the
r.aii. sf the United States, bat Congress reserves
the right Il withdraw the as mt hereby given in
ease the free navigation of said river shall at amy
time be substantially and materially Instructed
by ANY bridge 10 be erected under the authority oil
III, resolutions or to direct the necessary nio-i-
fc.ti.,Ils aud alterations # said bridge.
Approved, prii !. 1s69-