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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

that the rates shall not be more than one cent and
one quarter of a cent for each and every mile trav-
eled on said road.

Width of
road.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the President
and Directors so to be chosen be and they are
hereby authorized and empowered to cut, dig and
make a turnpike road, not less than thirty feet nor
more than fifty feet in width, of which not less
than fourteen feet shall be an artificial road of
stone or gravel or other hard substance ; provided,
that the said Company shall have the right to use,
if deemed by them expedient or necessary, any of
the beds of the present county roads, between the
city of Westminster and the said Baltimore and
Liberty Roads, with power, however, to deviate
therefrom in whole or in part. Whenever the .said
Company may deem such deviation necessary or
judicious, the said President and Directors first
obtaining in writing the consent of the owners of
such land over which the said road shall pass, or
if such consent cannot be had and the said Com-
pany deem it necessary to pass through the said
and for the said road, then the President and
Directors on behalf of the Company shall apply
to a Justice of the Peace for said county, who shall
thereupon issue his warrant directed to the Sheriff
of the county, commanding him to summon twenty
disinterested persons, land owners, qualified to

Condemn.

serve as jurors in the Circuit Court, to meet on the
paid land at the proper time as directed by said
Sheriff, giving at least five clays notice to the
parties interested or their agents ; and after four
of the jurors so summoned are stricken off the
panel by the said President, his agent or attorney,
and four others by the person or persons interested
in said land, or his or her agent, or in the absence
of or refusal to strike off, four shall be stricken off
by said Sheriff, and the Sheriff shall qualify the
remaining twelve jurors, either by oath or affirma-
tion, as the case may be, justly, truly and impar-
tially to value such damages as may be sustained
by the owner or owners of such land by reason of
euch road passing through the same, and make
true inquisition and return of the amount of such
damages, taking into consideration the advantages
and disadvantages, if any, which may be sustained
by the owner or owners of said lands, under their