The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-06-24
Approved, April 6, 1863.


4 Resolution for the relief If settlers upon the
absentee -hisWn-. lands in kan-as-
Whereas a large tract + lluis set ;l.art by a
treaty with the shawnee tribe e ln!Ial- date
Nay 10Th, ammo uomini eighteen hundred an!
fifty four and proclaimed November nj. i. b.
1864, tor tn benefit Of CERTAIN AL eutreS al
the said Shawnee tcIte, Is nov, aud Tor many
years past has been, occupied by large I.J.mlier
f white settlers and citizens of the state 81
Kansas; an whereas the beneficial int. est T
the sad absentee cIiawnee> in sad Lands and
abs0lur ely forfeited by reason of their continue
absence ana ton ailililtnn with the said shawnee
tribe and whereas the said lands ortt ct
II BE- publicly sold at thu United States lad off
~ Topeka. August til lri, ei-hteen huHired and
s:1ty-tIree, by Abraham Lincoln, President. by
his proclamation dttsd March twentieth. ammo
Dom nj 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 ReIre-en-
tatives OF the United States of Americ;, in Com
5ress assembled, That each bona fl ie settler now
occupying said larIds and having made improve
raents thereon. the heirs at law Of suctl, who
is = citizen # the United States who has de-
clared his intention to bee such, shall te
titled to purchase the land occupie and in
proved by him, not 70 exceed one hundred and
sixty acres in each case, at the prize If two dol
lars and fifty cents per acre. und-r such rues and
regulations As the Secretary Of the Interior shall
prescribe: Provided, however, That the pro-
ceeds of said sales shall be ap Jied in accordance
with the provisions ["f the treaty b,twee the
United states and the said Shawnee indians, pr
Claimed November second, ammo Dumi-li eight
cen hundred and fifty -fpur.
Approved, Aprii7. 1863.
Public Resolution I0I
Joint Resolution authpriz ing the building of
railroad bridge the ONO river at P4ducah
Kentucky.
BE it resolved by the Senate and House Of Rep
resentaryes of the United States Of Amcric. in
Congress assembled That the consent of 'ongress
he, and the same is hereby, given to the erection
# railroad bridge the Ohio river Fl ON the
city of Paducah Kentucky, to the state of Him |
os, by the Paducth and Cuff Railroad Company |
and such others may associate with them for /
that purpose under the laws of the States of Ken
lucky and Illinois: Provided That said bridge is
built with an III broken or continuous span of not
less than four hundred feet in the clear from
pier to pier over the main channel IF the river
and is built in all ether respects in accoriamce
with the conditions and Limitation of an act en-
titled IAN &C, TO establish certain post roads,
approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred a nj
sixty two; that said bridge, when Completed i.
the manner specified in this resolution s, all be
deemed and taken to b, d LEGAL structure and
-hal DE post road f II the TRANSMISSION of the
mails of the United States but Congress reserves
the light t. Withdraw the mt hereby given in
case the free navigation Of said river shall any
time be substantially and materially INSTRUCTED
ny any bridge to be erected under the authority of
this resolution. to direct the necessary moii- !
fcstions and alterations Of said bridge.
Approved, April I. lS69.