The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-11-09
Approved. April 6, 1863
Public Re~oIution-No. Q.

4 Resolution for the relief If settlers upon the
absentee hawnee lands IN kan-as
Whereas a large tract I lands set apart by a
treaty sith the shawnee tribe Of Indians dated
May i5tI. Domini ei-hteeu hundred and
fifty -four. and prucIr November nj. D.
1851 Tor tn benefit Of certain ah entets Of
the said Shawnee Tribe, Is now, and for mlny
years past his been, otcup ell by a large number
Of white settlers and citizens of the state Of
KANSAS: snI whereas the beu+ficia inteIe est IT
the sad absentee >hawn-es in said lands was and
j, abslIu ely forfeited 10y reason of their continued
sbsenrr AMI aft ittioa with the said Shawnee
trit,e ani whereas the said lands were vrder ed
- b. publicly sold at thu United States Ia ID office
at Topeka 4 isu-t tn I'd, ei-ht-eu hundred and
sixty-tyr-e, 10y Abraham LiH-oln, President, by
his PROCLAMATION dated March twentieth, ammo
Dom IIi eighteen hundred and sixty three and by
reason Of the absence of large numbers of said
settlers from TIL r homes in the federal armies the
sale Indefinitely pI>TpOL ed; The efore,
Resolved by the Senate and House Of RepreseiI-
tafives OF the United States OF America in Con-
..Fess assembled, That each bona lie settler now
CccCpyinz aid lands and having made improve
Eisnts thereon, the heirs AT law Of such, who
IL a cttiz-n the United States, whn has de-
cl2rel his intention to bee such, shall be
tilted t. pa- ehise the land occupied and I'M
proved BY fIiIl not 10 exceed one hundred and
sixty IN ca h case, at the price of two dol
lars and fifty cents per acre, uni-r such rules and
regulations the Secretary Of he Interior shall
prescribe. Provided, however, That the pro-
c-eS sIit sales shall he Applied in accordance
With the provisions IOf the treaty bctween the
United states and the said Shawnee Indians. pro-
Claimed November second. ammo DUlni ii eight
cen huu'ire,i and fifty four
Approved, april, 1862
Public Resolution-No. 10 I
Joint Res .iu iOu authorizing the building of
railroad bridge over the OHIO river at Faducah,
Kentucky.
Bel resolved by the Senate aud House Of Rep
rsssntariyes of the United States Ct America in
Congress assembled That the consent of Congress
be- aud the same is hereby. -iven the erection
of railroad bridge the Ohio river from the
city If Paiucah Kentucky, to the State of Him
ois. by the Patiucah and Cuff Railroad Company
aud such others may associate with then, for
that purpose under the laws of the States of Ken
suc Ky and Illino-: Provided, That said bridge is
built with UnbToken or continuous span Of not
less than four hundred feet in the clear, from
pier 10 pier the main channel Of the river,
and is built in all other respects in accordance
with the conditions and limitation of act
titled An ae TO establish certain post roads, ~
approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and
sixty two. that said bridge, when completed in
the manner spec fed in this resolution, SHALL be
deemed and taken to be legal structure, and
shall be a past road for the transmission of the
the right II withdraw the mt hereby given in
case the free navigation Of said river shall at any
time be substa n:iaiy and materially INSTRUCTED
by bridge to be erected under the authority of
this resolution, to direct the necessary moii-
fic.tionS and alterations Of said bridge.
Approved April Z, 1s69.