The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-11-24

Public Re-oIution-No. Q


A Restitution for the relief Of settlers upon the
absentee shawnee lands ia Kansas
whereas large tract f lands set apart by a
treaty with the Shawnee tribe # Indians, dated
Nay 10th, DOmini eighteen hundred and
ffty-f1ur and proclaimed November sec nd. A ID.
1854 for tn benefit Of certain ah entees Of
the said Shawnee trIbe. il now. and for mlny
years past has been. occupied by a large number
ii -s.ite settlers and citizens of the state II
Kansas. AMI whereas the beneficial interest Of
the said absentee Shawuees in said lands was and
il Absllu ely forfeited by of their continued
sbsenc- and Capitalization with the said Shawnee
tribe and whereas the said lands were urdiei ell
to be publicly soli at the United States land Office
at Topeka, August tn I'd, eighteen hundred and
-sxty-tTree, by Abraham LIRcOln. President. by
MS proclamation dated March twentieth, ammo
Doaini eighteen hundred and sixty three AMI by
reason of the absence Of large numbers of said
settlers from their homes in the federal armies the
sale Indefinitely postponed: Therefore,
Resolved by the Senate and House Of Repre~e
tstives OF the United States cfAmericain Con-
Eress assembled, That each bona Il lie settler now
occupying sud lands and having made improve
Hents thereon, the heirs at law Of such. who
Is citizen # the United States, or who has de-
clare,i his intention to become such, shah be en-
titled to plIchase the Land occupied and i'm
proved by him, not to exceed one hundred and
sixty acres in each case. al the price of two dol
lars and fifty cents per acre, und-r such rules and
regulations a the Secretary of the Interior shall
prescribe Provided, however. That the pro-
ceeds OF said sales shall he applied in accordance
with the provisions fof the treaty between the
United states and the said Shawnee Indians, pro-
Claimed November second, ammo Domi-i eight
cen hundred and ffty-four.
Approved, April3. 1s6a.
Public Res0lution-No. 1O.1
Joint Resolution authorizing the building of a
railroad bridge over the Ohio river at Paducah,
Kentucky.
Eeit resolved " the Senate and House of Rep
rasentstives of the United States Of America in
Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress
be, and the same i hereby. given 10 the erection
of a railroad bridge over the Ohip river from the
city Of Ptiucah Kentucky, To the State of Him
DIS, BIZ the Paducah and Cuff Railroad Company
and such others as may associate with them for
that purpose under the laws of the States of Ken
tuckv and Illinois: Provided, That said bridge is
built with an unbrOken or continuous span 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 accordance
with the conditions and limitation of act en-
titled .sAn act to establish certain post roads,
approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and
sixty two; that said bridge, when completed in
the manner specified in this resolution shall be
deemed and taken to be a legal structure, and
shall be post road for the transmission of the
nails of the United States but Congress reserves
the right to withdraw the ass mt hereby given in
the free navigation of said river shall at any
time be substantially And materially INSTRUCTED
nv any bridge to be erected under the authority of
this resolution, or to direct the necessary mod-
icstions and alterations of said bridge.
Approved, April !, 1863.