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181. The sheriff shall, before the said jury shall proceed to act,
administer to each of them an* oath that he will justly and im-
partially value the damages which the owner will sustain by the
use or occupation of the property required by the said corporation.

132. The jury shall summon such witnesses as the parties may
require, and examine them on oath in relation to the value of
the property to be condemned, and they shall reduce the testi-
mony, if any-is taken by them, to writing, and after the testi-
mony is closed, and without any unnecessary delay, and before
proceeding to the examination of any other claim, they shall
ascertain and determine the compensati9n which ought to be
made by the said corporation to the party owning or being in-
terested in the property to be condemned.

138. The jury shall reduce their inquisition to writing, and
shall sign and seal the same, and it shall then be returned by
the sheriff to the clerk of the Circuit Court for Frederick county,
aild shall be filed by the said clerk in said court.

184. The said inquisition shall be confirmed by the said court, if
no sufficient cause to the contrary be shown, and when confirmed
shall be recorded by said clerk at the expense of the corporation.

185. If the said inquisition be set aside, the said court may
direct another inquisition in the manner hereinbefore prescribed.

136. Every such inquisition shall describe the property taken,
and the bounds of the land condemned, and the quantity or
duration of the interest in the same condemned for the corpora-
tion, and fluch valuation when paid or tendered to the owner of
said property, or his attorney, shall entitle said corporation to
the estate and property so valued, as fully as if the same had
been conveyed by the owner thereof.

187. The proceeds of the lottery heretofore granted to the
mayor, aldermen and common council, for the purpose of intro-
ducing water into Frederick, and the net rent or tolls of said
water, are pledged and appropriated for the payment of the in-
terest and the reimbursement of the principal of the debt that
may now exist or hereafter be incurred by the city of Frederick
on account of said water works, and the said rent and toll shall
"be maintained at the present rates, until the said debt is paid;

and the mayor, aldermen and common council may from. time to