The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-12-08

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A Restitution flr The relief # settlers upon the
absentee -hawnee lands in Kansas.
Where's large tract # isnas set apart by a
treaty With the shawnee tribe f Inilans- dated
May IJ,h, ann DoIuiui eighteen hundred and
rsty-fuur and prpclJmsd November sec nj. d
1864, TOR tn benefit Of certain ali ente-s Of
the saii Shawnee t-ibe, Is now. and for m1ny
years past has been, occup ell by a large number
Of white settlers and citizens of the state If
Kansas: AMI whereas the beneficial intel est If
tie said slSenr-e >havnees in said lands and
Is abs1u ely fortified by reason Of their continued
absence AMI iIlJIOn with the said Shawnee
tribe and whereas the slid lands ordered
to b. plbCly >uii the United States Ia d office
at Topeka. August TIA I'd, eighteen hundred and
sIxty-tIrve. by Abraham LiRcOln. President. by
has proclamation t.ttsI March twentieth. ammo
Oomini eighteen hundred and sixty three and by
reason Of the absence of large numbers OF said
settlers from The If homes in the fedora, armies the
sale was indefinitely postponed; Therefore.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Repre-en-
tatiyes of the United States of America ia Con-
g-ess assembled, That each bona fie settler now
occupying said ian'.S and having made improve
,nents thereon, the heirs at law q such, who
a citlZrn If the United States, or WIN mas de-
cIared his intention 70 bee NE such, shaa be Ell
titled to purchase the land occupied and i'm
pr,vei by him. not to exceed one hundred and
sixty acres in essh case, at the price Of two dol
lars and hfry cents per acre. und-r such rules and
regulations the Secretary of the Interior shall
prescribe: Provided, however, Ths: the pro-
ce-els Of said sales shall tie applied in accordance
United states and the said Shawnee Indians. pro-
claimed November second. ammo D0rliIi eight
cen hundred and tifty-flur.
Approved, April. 1863.
Public Resolution-No. 10
Joint Resolution authorizing the building of a
railroad bridge the Ohio river at Paducah /
Kentucky
Be iii res, lived by the Senate and House of Rep
rssentaiiyes Of the United States CT America in
Congress assembled. That the consent of Congress
lie, and the same Is hereby. given the erection
of a railroad bTi.ce the Ohio river f. ON the
city Of P,fucaii Kentucky, to the State of Him
ois, by the P.ldGCah and Gulf Railroad Company
and such Others may associate with them for
that purpose under the laws of the States If Ken
lucky and ii.iuOi-: Provided, That said bridge j
built with al UubTOken continuous span Of not
le5s 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 accordance
with the conditions AMI Limitation of an act en-
titled IN to establish certain post roads
approved July fourteenth. eighteen hundred and
sixty two; that said bridge, when completed in
tie manner s.ec.hsi in this res llution stall be
deemed and taken to be a legal structure. and
shall be a post read fir the transmission Of the
mails Of the United States, but Congress reserves
the right 10 withdraw the Mt hereby given in
time be substantially and materially INSTRUCTED
by sny bridge 10 be eli under the authority of
this resolution. or direct the necessary nlodi-
hcstions and alterations Of said bridge. h
Approved, april !, loeS- .