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ages ; 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 impar-
tially value the damages and benefits which the owner or owners of said lands will sustain by the use or occupation of the same required by the Company ; if required by the party or parties whose lands are to be affected by their proceedings or by the said railroad Company or their agent or agents, the jury shall cause to be summoned such witnes- ses as the parties may require, and shall examine them on oath or affirmation in relation to the value of the property to be condemned, and they shall reduce the testimony, if any is taken by them, to writing, and after the testimony is closed and with- out unnecessary delay, and after having made a fair and just comparison of the advantages and disadvantages arising from the said railroad, they shall estimate and determine whether any, and if any, what amount of damages has been or may be sustained by the said owner or owners respectively, and make report thereof accordingly, and the said	Administer oath.
jury shall reduce their inquisition to writing, shall sign and seal the same, and it shall then be re- turned by the said Sheriff to the Clerk of the Cir- cuit Court of his county, and by such Clerk filed in his Court, and shall be confirmed by said Court at its next session, if no sufficient cause to the contrary be shown, and when confirmed shall be recorded by said Clerk ; but if set aside the said Court may direct another inquisition to take place in the manner before described, whose decision shall be returned as before directed; and such valuation when paid or tendered to the owner or owners of said property or his, her or their legal representatives shall entitle the said Company to the estate and interest in the same thus valued as fully as if it had been conveyed by the owner or owners of the same ; and the said valuation if not received when tendered may at any time thereafter be received from the said Company by the said owner or owners, his, her or their legal represen- tatives.	Inquisition.
Sec. 16. And be it enacted, That whenever in the construction of said road or roads it shall be necessary to cross or intersect any established road or way, either public or private, it shall be the duty	Cross other road.