The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-10-15
Approved, April c. 1S69.
Public ReSslution-No. Q. I

A Restitution Tor the relief If settlers upon the
absentee iiawnee hands in Kansas.
Whereas large tract f Lands set apart by a
treaty with the shawnee tribe # Indians dated
May lJTi, Doinn ei .kteen hundred and
ffty-f1ur. AID proclIinei November sec nd A D.
1851 f0E tn benefit IF certain ali enteeS Of
the sail Shawnee t.Ihe. i now, and Tor mIny
years Fstst his been, occupied by large number
of white settlers anI citizens of the state If
Kansas: ami whereas tine beneficial interest If
the sad absentee chGwE!eeS in SAID lands and
Is abs,G ely forfeited by reason of their continued
absence sn AFT lil1jvn with the slid shawnee
tribe: an whereas Tbs. said lands urte5 ed
10 b. publicly sold AZ tn Uhitel States lad Office
at Topeka August tn ri, a -ht-cu hundred aud
sixty-t iree, by Abraham iirrpin. President by
his PROCLAMATION dttsi March twentieth. ammo
Domini eighteen hundred and sixty three ami by
reason of the al,seuce Of barge numbers of said
settlers from their homes in the federal armies the
sale was indefinitely p,~tppr ell: Therefore.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Represen-
tatiyes OF the United States of America in Con
4sress assembled. That each bona II ie settler now
occupying said lanes and having made improve
rients thereon, the heirs at law of sucn, who
l. citiz-n # the United states. or who has de
clarel his intention TO bee such, shall be ca
titled t. pdichis>e the land occupied and i'm
proved by him. not T. exceed Que hundred aud
sixty acres IN ca Ii case, al the price of two dol
lars and nifty cent per acre. under snch rules and
regulations the Secr.-i.tT f he Interior shall
prescribe: Provided. however That the pro-
eeeis Of stii sales shall tie ap lied in accordance
with the provisions l0f tn. treaty between the
5ttit the SAID Shawnee Indians
claimed November second. aan0 DJmi ii eight
hun.irel AMI fifty four.
Approved, AprII :. Is5g.
Public Resolation-Nc. Io1
Joint Bes.'lU lou authorizing the building of a
railroad bridge over the Ohio river a Faducah
kenIu-l v
Belt resolved hv the Senate and House of Rep |
r-seutatiyes eff the United States Of AmeTic, in |
Congress assembled, That the of Congress
be, and the = hereby. -iven the erection /
Of a railroad brioge the Ohio river f ON the |
city Of paiuca.i Kentucky, Ia the state of Him
ois. BY the PaSiucai and Gu f IA rotd Company
and such Others as may as,Ociate with them for
that pJiT pose under the laws If the States Of Ken
tuJ XIV and lliinoi- Provided. Trat said bridge is
built with unbroken or continuous span of not
less than four hundred feet in the clear. from
pier pier. the main channel Of the river,
and is built ia all other Respects in accordance
with tbs. Conditions and liIairatiOn Of en-
titled IAN TO establish certa post roads,
approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred ami
sixty Two. that -:Iiri bridge when lpieted i'll
the manner spec fed in this iTrion all be
deemed and taken TO b. a !e-al structure. and
shall be p road FIR the Transmission Of the
mails If The United States but Cong reserves
the rigat Withdraw the as n. hereby given in
the free navigation Of said river shall any
time be substantially and materially Instructed
by bridge to be cree ed under he autrit of
hi, resolution To dir-ct the necessary nodi-
Ec,tipns and altera ions f said bridge.
Approved. Aprii Z, ls6o- Y