Chapter XXVII. for the Relief of the legal Representatives of George Duval, a Cherokee Indian
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Chap. XXVII.— An Act for the Relief of the legal Representatives of George Duval, a Cherokee Indian. June 6, 1846. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Payment to George Duval. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to the legal representatives of George Duval, deceased, (a Cherokee,) the just value of the [cattle, horses, and hogs, (*a*)(*a*) The words in brackets were, by a clerical error, wrongly engrossed, “calash and horses.
” The error is rectified by the joint resolution of June 19, 1846^ post, 32.] *calash and horses* of the said Duval, destroyed or taken away by citizens of the United States within the limits of the State of Arkansas. Approved, June 6, 1846.