The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-10-27
1public Re.olu,;on-No o

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Resolution for the relief Of settlers upon the
absentee -hawnee lands in Kansas.
Whereas a large tract If lands set apart by a
treaty with the shawnee tribe If Indians dated
hay 10th, ammo Domini eighteen hundred and
ifty- four and proclaimed November sec nd A d.
1864, for thu benefit Of certain alb entees Of
tho said Shawnee Tribe, is now, and for m,ny
years past has been, occupied by q large number
# white settlers and citizens of the State Of
Kansas. ami whereas the beneficial int. est of
the said absentee Shawnees in said lands and
Is absolu ely forfeited by Of their continued
absence and Ton -afhiiation with the said Shawnee
tribe (; and whereas the said lands ordered
De- publicly sold at the United States lad Office
ut Topeka August tn I'd, eighteen hundred and
sixty three, by Abraham Liacoin, President, BY
his proclamation dated March twentieth, ammo
D,nini 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 was indefinitely postponed, Therefore.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Repre>en-
tatiyss of the United States of America in Con-
cress assembled, That each bona fide settler now
occupying said lands and having made improve
rsents thereon, the heirs at law of such, who
il citizen If the United States, or who has de-
ciAred his intention to become such, shall be en-
Titled to purchase the land occupied and i'm
proved by him. not to exceed one hundred aud |
sixty acres in eah case, at the price of two dol
lars and fifty eentsper acre, under such rules and
regulations the Secretary Of the Interior shall
prescribe: Provided, however, That the pro-
cesds of said sales shall ap Iied in accordance
with the provisions iof the treaty between the |
United states and the said Shawnee Indians, pro-
claimed November seeond, ammo Do,nii eight |
cen hundred and fifty four. /
Approved, April7, 1862.
Public ResoIution-No. lO1
joint Resolution authorizing the building Of
railroad bridge over the Ohio river at Paducah,
Kentucky.
Belt resolved by the Senate and House of Rep
r-senfaiiyes of the United States CT America in
Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress
be, aid the same is hereby, given the erection
Of = railroad bridge over the Ohio river from the
city Of Paiucah Kentucky, to the State of Him
us, by the Paducah and Cuff Railroad Company
and such others may associate with then for
that purpose under the laws Of the States Of Ken
lucky and Illinois: Provided, That said bridge is
built with an unbroken or continuous span Of not
les than four hundred feet in the clear, from
p;er TO pier, over the main channel Of the river
and is built in all other respects in accordauce
With the conditions and limitation of an act en-
titled IAN aci to establish certain post roads, %
approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and
sixty two; tina, said bridge, when completed in
the manner specified in this resolution, sail be
deemed and taken to Be legal structure, and
shall he a post road for the transmission Of the
tho right - Withdraw the ass mt hereby given in
the free navigation of said river shall any
tins be substantially and materially INSTRUCTED
by any bridge to be erected under the authority Of
t.:s resolution, to direct the necessary inodi-
/. cations and alterations Of said bridge.
Approved, Aprii ], ls6e. |.