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he will justly and impartially value the damages which the owner will sustain by the use or occupa- tion of the property required by the said corpora- tion. 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 testimony, if any is taken by them, to writing, and after the testimony is closed, and without any unnecessary delay, and before proceeding to the examination of any other claim, they shall ascertain and deter- mine the compensation which ought to be made by the said corporation to the party owning or being interested in the property to be condemned.	Hear witnesses
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That 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 Washington County, and shall be filed by the said Clerk in said Court, and the said inquisition shall be confirmed by the said Court if no sufficient cause to the contrary be shown, and when con- firmed shall be recorded by said Clerk at the expense of the corporation; and if the said inqui- sition be set aside, the said Court may direct another inquisition in the manner hereinbefore prescribed, and every such inquisition shall describe the property taken and the bounds of the lands condemned, and the quantity or duration of the interest in the same condemned for the corpo-	Inquisition,
ration, and such 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.	Payment tendered.
Sec. 4, And be it enacted, That the Burgess and Commissioners of said town shall have power to regulate the rents or tolls of said water, the net proceeds of which are pledged and appropriated for the payment of the interest and the reimburse- ment of the principal of the debt that may be contracted or incurred by the said town on account of said water-works, and the said rent and toll shall be maintained at such rates as the said Bur- gess and Commissioners may fix until said debt is paid, and the said Burgess and Commissioners	Water rates.