The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-11-05
Approved, April 6, 1859 :
Public Resolution-No. Q. !


4 Resolution for the relief Of settlers upon the
absentee -hawnee lands in Kansas
Whereas large tract # lands set apart by a
treaty with the Shawnee tribe IF Indians, dated
May 10Th, Donni eighteen hundred and
fifty four and proclaimed OyembeF sec MI D.
1854, tor the benefit of certain alb entees of
th7 said Shawnee tribe, il now, and for many
years past has been, occupied by a large number
Of white settlers and citizens of tie state #
Kansas. ami whereas the beneficial intele est #
the said absentee Shawuees in said lands and
Is absJia ely forfeited by of their continued
absence ani u0n-aiiliation with the sid Shawnee
tribe and whereas the said Lands Were ordered
to b. publicly sold at the United States lad office
at Topeka, August third, ei-hteel hundred and
sixty-tlree, by Abraham Liacoln, President, by
his Proclamation dttsi March twentieth. ammo
DcTlini eighteen hundred and sixty three ami ~
reason Of the absence of large numbers Of said
settlers from their homes in the federal armies the
,;Ie was indefinitely p0StpoLeti: Therefore,
Resolved by the Senate and House of kepresen-
tatiyes OF the United States of America in Com
sress assembled, That each bona fiie settler ROW
occupying said lands and having made improve
Eient> thereon, the heirs AT law of such, who
il cItiZ-n If the Uaiteti States, or who has de-
eIareI his intention to become such, shall be en-
:it.ed t. pufchise tie land occupied AMI i'm
rr1vei by him. not to exceed one hundred and
sixty acres in each case, the price Of dol
lars and fifty cents per acre, und-r such rules and
regulations the Secretary of the Interior shall
prescrihe: Provided, however That the pro-
ceeis of said sales shall be applied in accordance
with the provisions Iof the treaty between tine
United states and the said Shawnee Indians, pro-
claimed November second. auno DuiuiIi eight
cen hundred and ffty-four-
Approved, AprilT, 1862
Public Resolution-No. 70
Joint Resolution authorizing the building Of
railroad bridge over the OHIO river at Paiucsll,
Kentucky.
BE it resolved by the Senate and House of Rep
re5entatiyes of the United States of America in !
Congress assembled, That the consent Of Congress
lie. and the Is hereby. given the erection l
IF railroad bridge the Ohio river from the /
city of Paiucah Kentucky, to the State Of Him
uis. by the Paducah and Cuff IA lroad Company
and such others may associate with them for |
that purpose under the Laws % the States Of Ken
tucky and Iiliuoi-: Provided, That said bridge Is
built with unbTOken or continuous span Of not |
less than four hundred feet in the clear, from /
pier To pier. over the main channel Of the river
and is built in all other respects in accordaI &c
with the conditions and limitation of an en-
titled IAN acI to establish certain post roads, -
approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and
sixty two; that said bridge, when completed in
the manner specific in this res luton. snail be
deemed and taken to be a legal structure. and |
shall be post road for the Transmission of the
the right t. Withdraw the as Mt hereby given in
the free navigation Of said river shall at any
time be substantially anil materially INSTRUCTED |
by any bridge to he ed under the authority of
this resolution. to direct the necessary rnoli-
ficstions and alterations of said bridge.
Approved, April !, 1861