The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-01-01

\ Resolution Tor the relief If SETTLERS upon the
absentee hawnse Lands in kan-as-
Whereas large tract # lands set apart by
treaty with the Shawnee tribe Of lnfiaus. GATED
Nav iOlh, ann, iIoalini ii -hteea hundred and
-fty-fiur and procItimei November sec hi 4 d.
-,5l, Tor TIL benefit Of certain all eiteeS If
ne sail Shawnee t-lbe, l. now. aud Tor ni'ny
vaar- F4iSt HIS been, occupied by large HEflJeT
kansas; where's the beneficial interest Of
said absentee Shwnces IN said lands vas AMI
ahsplu ely fDrf-itef by reason Of their cpntnuei
absence an utilization with the SAID shawnee
tribe; AMI whereas the said lands -Ties Ell
:, b pabl.ciy sold AT the United states Ia 4 Office
at I JlekI August third, eighteen hundred and
s5Ity-tIrre. by Abraham Liz -oln- frr$i ient, by
MS pr,,citmlIiOn dated March twentieth, ammo
Dom nj eighteen hundred and sixty three AMI by
reason of the absence OF large Numbers Of said
settlers from TIL ir in the federal armies the
sale WAS in'tehniteiy pp,rpauef; The;e t'Te,
Reserved by the Senate and House Of Repre-eu-
aiiveS OF the United States of Americana Con
,ress assembled, That each bona lie settler now
occupying said lanis and having made improve
mests thereon. or the heirs az law IF syIsh, who
a CFfix-n # the United States. or WIN has de
clare.i ms intention To bee me such. shall lie
tit;ed T. puIch>e 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 per acre, un-r such rules aud
regulations a the Secretary of the Interior shall
prescribe: Provided, however, That the pro-
ceeis If saii sales shall he applied in accordance
Nth the provisions Uf the treaty b-tweeu the
United states and the said shawnee Indians, pr =
rlaiueI November second. ammo D1miii eight
zen hrnirei and ffty-f'ur.
Approved. APrilI, 1862
Public Eesoiution-No- 16.I
Joint Res ion authorizing the building Of
railroad bridge over the oilIo river at PadUesh-
KengucEy.
Iseit resolved hy the Senate and House Of Rep
-esentatiyes Of the United States of America ii
Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress
TO, asd the sIme !. hereby si-en 10 the erection
rity Of PllucaH kentucky, to the State OF Him
ois by the PaIucai aud Gu.f Railroad Company
and s,lch Others may associate with them fIr
that pnrp-,ze under the laws Of the States Of Ken
.u-ky aud Ilinui-: Provided, That said bridge Is
bulls with an unbruken continuous span Of not
- than fur hu Idred feet in the clear, from
ris.r to pier ever the main channel Of the river,
aud IS built in all other respects in accordance
with the conditions and limitation OF On act en-
titled IAN aci 10 establish certain lost roads.
approved Jniy fourteenth. eighteen bUndFet! ali
-ixry two; that said bridge, wien completed in
the ulsaney>pecifei in this Restitution, sail be
deemed and taken 10 BE- legal structure, and
shall be a % 81 road FIR the Transmission of the
mails of the United States, but Congress Reserves
the right } Withdraw the mt hereby given in
ae the free navigation Of said river shall ut any
time be substantially and materially Instructed
~ any bridge be erected under the auth rity OF
this resolution or TO direct the necessary mo!i-
f,.,ti us and alterations # said bridge.
Approved, April !, is69.