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SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That if the proprietor or proprie-
tors of the land at any place now used as a public ferry, or
where a public ferry may hereafter be established or set up
according to the provisions of this act, shall refuse or neglect
for the space of two months to take out a license agreeably to
this act, or to rent the houses and land commonly used with,
or necessary for, such ferry, to some person to be approved of
by the said court, who will take out a license for the same, or
be under any disability to take out a license, or to rent as afore-
said, by reason whereof the same shall be delayed to be done,
to the inconvenience of the public, for the space of three months
beyond the annual time for granting such ferry licenses, in such
case the county court of the county in which such land shall
lie, shall issue their warrant to the sheriff of their county, to
summon twelve respectable disinterested persons, qualified by
law to be jurymen, and also the surveyor of the county, to meet
on the premises, on a day by him to be appointed, of which
due and timely notice shall be given by the said sheriff to the
owner or owners, possessor or possessors, of such land ; and the
said jury shall then and there, upon viewing the place, deter-
mine how much land, not exceeding two acres, and not includ-
ing the dwelling-house, garden, orchard or meadow, of the
owner or possessor, or any part thereof, shall be necessary and
most convenient to be laid off for the use of such ferry, and the
said surveyor, under their direction, shall survey and lay off the
same, and make a correct plot and certificate thereof, and shall
deliver the same to the said sheriff, to be returned to the said
county court; and the said jury shall then and there estimate
the value of the said land, in doing which they shall take into
consideration all the advantages of its situation for the purposes
of keeping a ferry, or pursuing any other business, having first
taken an oath, or affirmation, as the case may be, justly and
impartially to value the said land ; and they shall make an in-
quest of their proceedings as aforesaid, under their hands and
seals, which shall be returned by the said sheriff, with the cer-
tificate and plot, aforesaid, to the next county court; and if the
proprietor of the said land shall think himself aggrieved by the
quantity of land laid off, or by the manner of laying off the
same, or by the valuation thereof by the said jury, it shall and
may be lawful for him or her to apply to the said county court,
at any time before the end of the next court to that at which
the inquest aforesaid shall be returned, who may, iti a summary
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