The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-10-17
Approved, April 8, 1850.
TPublic Re-oinrion-No. Q.
A Restitution for the relief If settlers upon
absentee hawnee lands in Kan Sss

A Resolution for the relief If settlers upon the
absentee hawnee lands in KanSas-
Whereas q large tract lands set apart by a
treaty With the Shawnee tribe Il indians, dated
May I0sh, snn1 Domiiii eli hteen hundred and
hfty-fcar and proclaimed November nj. 4 D.
i55l for tn benefit Of certain ali entees of
the said Shawnee tsibe, il now, and tor many
years past has been, oecup ed by large number
ri white settlers AMI cItlzru5 OF the state II
kansas: AMI whereas the beneficial int est If
the sui absent c Shlwnees in said lands was AMI
i. sbs5 ely forfeited by reason of their continuei
absence AMI aiiili,iiJn with the said shawnee
tribe and whereas he said lands vrtere
% b, publicly sold t United States IA ID ofiice
at Topeka, August I'll I'd, eighteen hundred and
-ixty-t lEre. by Abraham Liac0lD President. by
his proclamation dated March twentieth,
DlEair eighteen hundred! and sixty three ami by
reason Of the at,seu,e of large numbers of said
settlers from ,heir homes in the federal armies the
sale Indefinitely I-,-spcs-el- Therefore
Resolved by the Senate and House of Repre~en-
tstives OF the United States Of Americain Com
l,ress assembled, That each bona fiie s-ttler now
occupying said LanIs AID having made improve
I.isGt, t..ersJn. the heirs at isw Of sucn, who
i. a citizen 4 the United states, or WIN has de-
eiaIe-i his intention 20 bee such, shall be
ut ell to Pui ehs-e the land 50 occupied and i'm
IT vel by him, not 10 exceed one hundred aud
sixty in ca h case, nj the prize If two dol
lars and nifty cents per acre, und-r such rules and
regulations the Secretary If the Interior shall
prescribe Provided. however. That the pro-
ceeis ii sail sales shall he ap lied in accordance
with the provisions Lof the treaty b,twees the
United states and the sud Shawnee indians. pro
claimed November second, ammo Dumi ii eight
cen hun ire,l sni ffy-fsur.
Approved. tpri!7, 1852
Public Resolution 10
] .snt Eesllusis. authorizing the building Of
railroad bridge over the ONO river At PaGucsl,
Eeutu.Fy-
Be resolved ~ the Senate and House Of Rep
rs-eilfaiives of the United States IF America in
Congress assembled, That the consent Of Congress
It, aud the is hereby -iven 10 the erection
If a railroad triige the Ohio river & ON the
city ii Pt.urah Kentucky, TO the state Of Hin
ard srch others may as>ociare with them for
that psrpo-e under the Laws # the States II Ken
t-,ky and iIIinoi-: Provided Tat said bridge is
bull with unbrok.n continuous span Of not
Lee. tii.a fur huadreJ feet in the clear, from
pieT u pier the main channel If the river,
aui is tyi.t in all other respects in accordance
with the c,niition> and limitation of en-
titled ..An ac. establish certain past ro-sis,
approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred an |
sixty two, that s.isi bridge. when p.et-si in
spec fed ia this luton. - all be
deeIne a AMI taken to b. a e-ai structure, and |
shall he . 81 rosti fr the transmissis.n of the
toe ri-tr Withdrew the Mt hereby given in |
ease tie FREE navigation Of aid river shall
time lie sa5-t-still!y and materially ub-tructed
BE- briis De- ed under the authority OF
,ais resolution or direct the necessary nlo..i-
fc ,ti,.ns and alterations f said b-iig-. |
Approved, APrii !, lstSy- |