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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

damages, and to each before he acts as such juror
the Sheriff shall administer an oath, or affirma-
tion, that he will justly and impartially value the

Damages.

damages which the owner, or owners, will sustain
by the use and occupation of the property required
by the said Company. And for the value of the
land, or other materials taken, they shall estimate
and determine what amount of damages has been,
or may be sustained by the said owner, or owners,
respectively, and the said jury shall reduce their
inquisition to writing and sign and seal the same,
and it shall then be returned by the Sheriff to the

Appeal to
Circuit Court.

clerk of the Circuit Court for his county, and be
filed by said clerk in his office and shall be con-
firmed by said Court at its next term, or session,
if no sufficient cause to the contrary be shown, and
when confirmed shall be recorded by said clerk at
the expense of the Company; but if the same be
set aside the said Court shall direct another inqui-
sition to be taken, in the manner above described,
and in case the second, or any other inquisition
which is confirmed by the Court, shall not award
to the land owner a larger amount of damages
than was awarded by the first inquisition, the

Inquisition.

Court may in its discretion order the costs of the
said second, or other inquisition to be paid by the
owner, or owners, of said land, or materials con-
demned; and the inquisition shall, in all cases,
describe the property taken, or the bound of the
lands condemned and the quality, or duration of
the interest in the same, valued for the Company;
and such valuation when paid, or tendered to the
owner, or owners, of the property, his, her, or
their legal representatives shall entitle the said
Company to the estate and interest in the same
thus valued, as if it had been legally conveyed by
the owner, or owners, of the same, and the valua-
tion, if not received when tendered, may at any
time thereafter be received without costs from said
Company by the owner, or owners, his, her, or
their legal representatives, and the Sheriff shall

Sheriff to keep
jury.

keep the said jury together for a reasonable time,
until they shall agree upon and sign and seal the
said inquisition, and in case it shall so happen
that the jury cannot agree, after being kept toge-
ther as aforesaid, the Sheriff may in his discretion
discharge the said jury, and without any further