The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-07-17
Approved, April c, 1859.


A Resolution for the relief # settlers upon the
absentee shawnee Lands in ktn>as-
Whereas large tract # lands set apart by a
treaty wiki the Shawnee tribe Of lnfIans. Ga'ef
May 10Th, ammo Dosnini ei.hfeen hundred and
ffty-four, and proclaimed November sec nd A D.
lS5i for thu benefit Of certain ali entees Of
the said Shawnee Tribe. is NV, and for m,ny
past has been. occupied by a large number
If white settlers and citizens of the state of
Kansas: AMI where's the beneficial interest OF
the said absentee ShavneeS in SAID lands was and
is abs,lu ely forfeited by of their continued
stseuce ami non sfiilIttIbn with the sad Shawnee
tribe and whereas the said lands were ordered
70 b. publicly sold al the United States land Office
\. Topeka August tn I'd, i-hteen hundred and
sXty-tlrve, by Abraham Liacoln, President, by
his Proclamation dated March twentieth, ammo
Doaiin 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 indefinitely postponed: Therefore,
Resolved by the Senate and House of Represen-
fatives of tie United States of America in Con-
GEES assembled, That each bona fiie settler ncw
occupying said hn,is AID having made improve
Eents thereon. the heirs at law of such, who
Is a citizen If the United States, or who has de-
ciarei his intention TO bee such, shall he
titled To uichstse tie land occupied and i'm
proved by him, not t. exceed one hundred and
sixty iu eirh case, AT the price Of two dol
lars and nifty cents per acre uIsi-r such rules and
regulations the Secretary Of the Interior shall
prescribe Provided, however, That the pro-
ceeis nj sail sales shall be applied in accordance
United states and the said Shawnee Indians, pro-
claimed November Second. ammo Domi-li eight
hundred and fifty four.
Approved. Aprii1- ls5s-
Public Hesoiution-No. 1o1
Join. Resolution authorizing the building of a
rliiros,,i bridge over the OHIO river at Paducah,
kentucly.
Bel, resolved by the Senate and House of Rep
reseaiatives OF the United States of America in
Congress assembled. That the consent Of congress
he, and the same Is hereby, given to the erection
II n railroad briige over the Ohio riysr lem the
city Of Psiucah Kentucky, to the state of Him
oi-, by the i'aiucsh and Cuff Railroad Company
aid such others Elsy EssoCiate with them for
that pur pJse under III. laws of the States of Ken
tu-sy and Illiloi-: Provided. That said bridge Is
built with an uRbrossn continuous span of not
less than fur hundred feet in the clear, from
bier to pier over the main channel of the river,
,rd il built in all other respects in aecUrdince
WITH the condition, and limitation of n
titled San establish certain post roads, "
approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred ami
sixty two; that said bridge. when Completed in
;;,e n nn.r specified ia TINS restitution STALL be
deemed and taken to b. a legal structure, and
shall be a psst rad FIR tine Transmission Of the
the right t, Withdraw the as mt hereby given in
sse the free navigation Of said river shall at any
time be substantially and materially Instructed
~ aEy bridge he erected under the authority of
ti,i- resolution. direct the necessary modi-
fc ,ti ms and alterations If said bridge.
Approved, April !, 1858.