Sec. 14. And be it enacted, That the full and
entire assent of the State of Maryland be and is
hereby given to the provisions of any law now en-
acted, or that may hereafter be enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, authorizing the
borrowing of money by the said Rail Road Com-
pany.

Assent of the
State given.

Sec. 15. And be it enacted, That the President
and Directors of said Company, or a majority of
them or their agents, may agree with the owner or
owners of any lands through which the Road shall
be intended to pass, earth, timber, gravel, or
other materials important for the construction or
repair of any part of said Road or its works for
the purchase or use or occupation of the same, and
in case they cannot agree, or if the owner or
owners or any of them be feme covert, under age,
non compos mentis, or out of the county in which
the property wanted may be when such land or
material may be needed, on application to a Justice
of the Peace in such county, he shall issue his
warrant under his hand and seal, directed to the
Sheriff of the said county, requiring him to sum-
mon a jury of twelve inhabitants of said county,
not related to or in anywise interested in the
premises, to meet on the land to be valued on a
day to be specified in said warrant, not less than
ten nor more than thirty days after issuing said
warrant, and in case any of the jury aforesaid do
not appear, the Sheriff shall instantly summon as
many jurors as may be necessary with the jurors in
attendance as to furnish a panel of twelve jurors,
and from them each party, his, her or their agents
or if either be not present in person or by agent,
the Sheriff may strike off three for each of the
absent parties, and the remaining six shall act as
the jury of inquest for damages, and before they
act as such, the Sheriff shall administer to each of
them an oath or affirmation, as the case may be,
that he will justly and impartially value the dam-
ages and benefits which the owner or owners of
said land will sustain by the use or occupation of
the same required by the Company, and if required
by the party or parties whose lands are to be
effected by their proceedings or by the said Rail
Road Company, the jury shall cause to be sum-

May agree
with the owner
of any land,
gravel, &c.