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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 commis-
sioners of the county in which such land shall lie shall issue a
warrant to the sheriff of the county to summon twelve respect-
able 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 possessor of such
land.

5. And the said jury shall then and there, upon viewing the
place, determine how much land not exceeding two acres, and not
including 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 plat and certificate thereof, and shall
deliver the same to the said sheriff, to be returned to the Circuit
Court for the county; 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 justly and impartially to value the
same land, and they shall make inquest of their proceedings as
aforesaid under their hands and seals, which shall be returned by
the said sheriff, with the certificate and plat aforesaid, to the
next Circuit Court for the county.

6. 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,
he may apply to the said court at any time before the end of
the next court to that at which the proceedings aforesaid shall
be returned, who may in a summary way examine the said pro-
ceedings and ratify or correct the same in any of the particulars
above mentioned, and shall thereupon order and adjudge that
the said land shall thenceforward become the property of the
said county forever, upon the value thereof as aforesaid being
paid to the said owner; which judgment and proceeding shall be
recorded, and the clerk of the said court shall transmit a copy
of such order and judgment of the said court, and a certificate
of the valuation of the said land condemned, to the county com-
missioners of the same county, who shall assess and levy the