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III- case of
(disagreement
Constable to
summon jury
Constable to
.strike for
absentees.
Administer
oath
Return of
verdict.
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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
to the stockholders from time to time of the net
profits of the said company, to make rules, regula-
tions and by-laws, for the government of its agents
; and. officers, and to take such bunds from them for
the faithful performance of their duties as may he
deemed necessary.
SEC. 6. And he it enacted, That in case the said
company shall not be able to agree with the owner
or owners of any land or water-rights required for
the purposes aforesaid, or in case the owner or own-
ers as aforesaid shall be a feme covert, under age,
non compos mentis, or absent, on application to a Jus-
tice of the Peace for Worcester county, he-shall issue
Ills warrant under his hand and seal directed to any
Constable of said county, requiring him to summons
a jury of twenty disinterested and competent men,
inhabitants of Worcester county, to meet on the land,
or at the water to he valued, on a day that shall be
named in said warrant, not less than ten and not
more than thirty days after issuing the same, and in
case any of the said jurors do not attend, the Con-
stable shall instanter summon as many jurors as may
lie necessary, with those in attendance, to furnish a
panel of twenty jurors, and from them each party,
Ills, her or their agent, guardian or trustee, and if
either be not present in person or by agent, guardian
or trustee, as the ease may be, the Constable shall
strike oft" four jurors for each of the absent parties,
or for either of the parties failing to act, and the re-
maining twelve shall constitute the jury; and the
Constable shall qualify the said twelve jurors, either
by oath or affirmation, as the case may be, justly,
truly and impartially to estimate the value of the
damages which may be sustained by the owner or
owners of the land or water-right required, and the
said jury, in estimating the damages supposed to be
sustained by said owner or owners, shall take into
estimate the benefit resulting to said owner or own-
ers, but only in lessening or extinguishing the claim
for damages, and the said jury shall reduce their
verdict to writing, and sign and seal the same, and it
shall then be returned by the Constable to the Clerk
of the Circuit Court of Worcester county, and if no
good or sufficient reason shall be shown against said
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