Chapter CLX. *for the relief of Benjamin Morphy.* June 17, 1844. *Be it enacted, &c*., That under the directions of the Secretary of War,Payment for corn, &c. taken by Indians. there shall be paid to Benjamin Murphy, of Arkansas, the reasonable value of the corn, the cattle, and hogs, the property of said Benjam
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Chap. CLX.— An Act *for the relief of Benjamin Morphy.* June 17, 1844. *Be it enacted, &c*., That under the directions of the Secretary of War,Payment for corn, &c. taken by Indians. there shall be paid to Benjamin Murphy, of Arkansas, the reasonable value of the corn, the cattle, and hogs, the property of said Benjamin, which were taken by the Cherokee Indians west of the river Mississippi, and appropriated to their own use, in the month of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight: *Prodded, always*, That the said Benjamin shall produce satisfactory evidence that his property was taken by said Indians, and the value of such property so taken.
Sec. 2. To be retained out of annuity. *And he it further enacted*, That said payment shall be made out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; and the amount so paid shall be retained out of the annuity of the said Cherokee tribe of Indians. Approved, June 17, 1844.