The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-11-13
Public Resolution-No. 81
4 es5lution for the relief If settlers upon til
Al.alIea slaMner lands ia kan.as

4 PES luton for the relief If settlers upon the
absentee shawnee lands in Kansas.
Whereas a large tract If Lands set apart by a
treaty with the Shawnee tribe Of Indians, dated
Iay 10Th, anno Donini eighteen hundred and
tifJy-f1ur and proclaimed November nd. 4 D.
1854, ;or the benefit of certain ab-entees of
tas said Shawnee tribe, Is now, and for many
years past has been, occupied by a large number
IF white settlers and citizens of the State Of
Kansas: ant whereas the beneficial interest Of
-as sud absentee Shswnees in said lands was and
i absolutely fJrfeitei by reason Of their continued
'.>s-r.ce and GENERALIZATION with the said Shawnee
rsib-; AMI whereas the Slid lands ordered
- b. publicly slf AZ the United States land Office
at Topeka, August third, eighteen hundred and
-xty-three, b. Abraham Liacola, President. by
his proclamation dated March twentieth, ammo
DoIaini eighteen hundred and sixty three and by
reason Of the absence OF large numbers of said
settlers from their homes in the federal mics the
sale was Indefinitely postponed; Therefore,
Resolved BY the Senate and House Of RepreSen-
tatiyes Of the United States ofimericain Con-
gress assembled. That each bona Iite settler
occupying, said lands and having made improve
1s,enIs thereon. or the heirs at law Of sIlcr who
i citizen Of the United States, who has de-
cared his Intention 10 become such, sha1 be en-
rit'el u purchase the land occupied and i'm
frsTe-t by him. not u exceed one hundred and
sixty acres IA each case, at the price Of tgO dcl
lars and fifty cents per acre, uni-r such rules AMI
regulations the Secretary Of the Interior shall
prescribe: Provided. however, That the pro-
eee.is of sid sales shall be applied in accordance
with the provisions IOf the treaty between the
United states and the said Shawnee Indians, pro-
cIsin.ej November Second, ammo DOmi-Ii eight
cen hundred and hffy-fJur.
Approved. April1. 1862
Public ResDIution-No. 10
J-iat Resolution authorizing the building Of a
r.,ilr,sad bridge over the Ohio river az Paiucal,
Kentucky.
reit resolved hy the Senate aud House Of Rep
-esentatives Of the United States Of America in |
Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress
be, and the same is hereby, given the erection |
u railroad bridge the Ohio river from the
city Of PadIca,I keltucky, 10 the State of Him
U5s. by the Paducah and CUFF Railroad Company |
ami such others may associate with them for /
tis, purpose under the laws Of the States of Ken
tucky and Illinois, Provided, That said bridge is /
tIilr with an Unbr0ken o continuous span Of not i
less than fur 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 an act en-
titled IAN 70 establish certain post roads, !" /
approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and 1
sixty two; that said bridge, when completed in |
the specified in this resolution, STALL be
deemed and taken to be a legal structure, and l
shall be post road for the Transmission of the
T.iIjs IF tie United States. hut Congress reserves
the right to withdraw the ass Mt hereby given in |
case the free navigation Of said river shall at any
time he substantially and materially INSTRUCTED |
Iy bridge to be erect Ell under the authority of
this resolution. or direct the necessary modi-
fcstions and alterations of said bridge.
Approved, April !, lSG9-