The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-11-23

Public Eesnlut:nn-No. Q. l


1 Resolution for the relief Of settlers upon the
absentee shawnee lands in Kansas.
Whereas a large tract If lands set apart by a
treaty with the shawnee tribe If Indians. dated
Nav 10Th. ammo DOmini eighteen hundred and
tifty-f1ur and procllimei : ovembcr hi, A. ID.
iS5i, for tine benefit Of certain ab-entees Ut
TIE said Shawnee t-Ihe. Is now, and Tor many
years past has been, occupied by q large number
,f white settlers and citizens Of the State If
Kansas; AMI whereas the beneficial interest If
the said absentee Shiwnees in said lands was and
j absolutely forfeited by reason of therccntinUed
absence AMI uoa-afiliItiJa with the said Shawnee
tribe aHl whereas The said bands were ordered
u b. publicly sold AZ the Uuited States land office
at Topeka August thrd. ei .hteen hundred and
s.xty-Ihree. by Abraham LiArCin, President. by
LIS proclamation dated March twentieth ammo
D-,rnni eighteen hundresl anil sixty three ani by
reason Of the absence of large numbers Of said
settlers from their homes in tie federal armies the
sale was Indefinitely p,,JpO5ei: Therefore,
Resolved by the Senate and House of Repre- en-
tttives OF the United States IF American Con-
.reSs assembled. That each bona /: lie - ttier now
olcapyin., said lands aud having made Improve
Iaeats thereon. the heirs AZ law Of such, who
il a citizen If the United States, who has de-
c..rei his intention 10 become such, SHAH be en-
tilted /, purchase tie land 80 occupied and i'm
pr we'd by him. not u exceed ene hundred aud
sixty acres in el-h case, at the price 81 two dol
lars and fifty cents per acre. unt-r such rules AMI
regulations the Secretary vi the Interior shall
prescribe: Provided. however. That the pro-
with the provisions Iof the treaty. between the
Uaited states and the said Shawnee Indians, pro-
Claimed November second. ammo D,rnili eight
cen hundred and hfty-flGr.
Approved, April, 1862.
Public Resalgti1l-S0. 10.7
Joint Resolution authorizing tue building Of a
railroad bridge over the Ohi0 river at Faducah,
KentusFy.
Belt resolved Ly the Senate aut, House Of Rep
ra~entAfivts Of the United States Of america in
Congress assembled, That the consent Of Congress
tc and the same IS hereby. given 10 the erection
Of a railroad bridge over the Ohio river from the
c-y uf Paiucah Kentucky, 10 the State Of Him
dis. bv the Padacah and Cuff Railroad Company
ard such others as may associate with them for
that purpose under the laws Of the States Of Ken
iucky aud Illinois: Provided, Tai said bridge i
built with an unhrcken or continuous span of not
less than four hundred feet in the clear, from
yirr to pier. the main channel of the river.
and is built in all other respects in accordance
with the conditions aud limitation OF an act en-
titled "a act to establish certain post roads,
approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and
sixty two; that said bridge, when completed in
fse manner specified in this resolution. shall be
deemed and taken 10 be legal structure, and
shall be post Rad for the Transmission of the
nails Of the United States, but Cong reserves
the right to withdraw the MT hereby given in
case the free navigation of said river shall at any
time be substantially aud materially INSTRUCTED
hy any bridge to he erected under the authority Of
this resolution. to direct the necessary modi-
icstions and alterations If said bridge.
Approved, Apri, :, 1863