The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-08-12
ID, March %, 1860.
Public Resolurion-No. III

lighthouses
Approved, March %, 1860.
Public Re-oution-No.
A Resolution relating to government buildings al
Fort Totten, Dakota Territory.
Resolved BY the Senate and House Of Represen-
tatives # the Unit i States Of America m Con
sress assembled That the Secretary Of War be,
and he hereby is. authorized An I empowered to
direct the necessary buildings at Fort Totfen,
Dakota Territory, to be constructed of brick
and to accept thu>e said fort already Con-
structei Of brick Provided That in his judgment
building. of that mater ial " IL not he more ex-
pensive than buildings IF WOOD And provided
further. That no appropriation will be necessary
therefIr
Approved. April 8. 1869.
Public Resolution-No. o.
Resolution for the relief of settlers upon the
absentee >hawnee lands in kan<as
Whereas u large tract # lands set apart by a
treaty with the Shawnee tribe If Indians. dated
May 10th, ammo DOmini eighteen hundred and
dfty-four, and proclaimed November sec nd, A D.
1854, TOR th benefit of certain ab entees of
the said Shawnee Tribe, is now, and for many
years past HIS been, occupies by q large number
Of white settlers and citizens of the State of
Kansas; ami whereas the beneficial inte.e rest If
the said absent-e Shawuees in said lands was and
absolu ely forfeited by of their continued
absence AMI GENERALIZATION with the said Shawnee
tribe and whereas The said lands were urdeFe
to b. publicly sold at the United States lad office
.: Topeka, August third, eighteen hundred and
sixty -tIree, by Abraham Lincoln, President, by
his proclamation dated March twentieth, ammo
Domni eighteen hundred and sixty three and by
reason Of the absence of large numbers of said
settlers from their homes in the federal armies the
sAle Was indefinitely Posrpored; Therefore,
Resolved BY the Senate and House of RepreSen-
tatiyes OF the United States of American Con-
gress assembled, That each bona fde settler now
occupying sud lands and having made improve
ments thereon, the heirs at law of such, who
- = Citizen f the United States. or VIII. has de-
ciared his intention become such, shall be
titled Il pur chase the land occupied and i'm
proved by him, not to exceed one hundred and |
sixty in each case, at the price Of two dol
lars and fifty cents per acre, under such rules and
regulations the Secret ary Of the Interior shall
prescribe: Provided, however, That the pro-
ceeds of said sales shall be ap.ied in accordance
with the provisions fof the treaty between the
United states and the said Shawnee Indians. pro-
claimed November second, ammo DomiLi eight
cen hundred and fifty four.
Approved, April, 1862.
Public Resolution-No. 10
Joint Resiu, lou authorizing the building of |
railroad bridge over the OHIO river at Paducah,
keniucfy-
Belt resolved hy the Senate and House of Rep
rssentafives of the United States Of Americs in
Congress assembled That the consent of Congress /
be, and the same Is hereby, given to the erection
uf q railroad bridge over the Ohio river rom the |
city of PAiucah Kentucky, tn the State of Hin /
ois by the Paducah and Cuff Railroad Company
and such others may associate with them for
that pur pose under the laws of the States Of Ken
lucky and Illinois: Provided. That said bridge is
built with unbroken OF continuous span Of not i
les than fur hundred feet in the clear, from
pier to pies. over the main channel Of the river,
and is built in all other respects in accordance
with tbs Conditions and limitation of an act en-
titled IAN to establish certain POST roads.
approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred ami
SIXTY two; that said bridge, when Completed in
the manner specified in this res .lution, sail be
deemed and taken to be a legal structure, aud
shall be p,st r.raG. FIR the Transmission of the
mails Of the United States, but Cong reserves
the right t. withdraw the mt hereby given in
the free navigation Of said river shall at any
time be -ub-tsnrialiy And materially INSTRUCTED
by bridge to be erected under rhe authority of
this resolution. or to direct the necessary mOdi-
&c iii ms and alterations II said bridge.
Approved, april Z, le69-
Public ResOiution-So Is
A Resolution for the protection Of soldiers and
their heirs.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Repre-
sent .tives of the United States of America in Ccn
Rress Assembi d. That the accounting officers Of
the treasury and pay department who are charged
with the settlement and p -ym-nt uf bounties due
to soldiers ~ their heirs be, and they hereby
directed TO pay or cause to be paid the sums found
due to the said soldiers their heirs in person
or by transmitting the amount to them direct in
Q draft or drafts payable to his, he, Or their
order or through thu Ere. dmen's Bureau, or
State agent, appointed specially for that pur
pose. 'vern"r- Of national asyi ums, or pension
agent Of the district where he she, they may
reside, and not to any claim . ent or upon any
power Of attorney, transfer, or assignment I
whatever. II
SIC. :. And he it further resolved, That any ,
,fRcer or clerk of any oi the executive depart |
ments of the government who shall be lawfully i
detailed to investigate frauds, attempts to de-
rand, on the government, or any irregul ,rity Ut
Misconduct Of any officer agent OF the United |
3fAtes, shall have power TO administer oatis L,
Ifidsvis taken IN the course of any such inve,ti-
PATTON.