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Authorized
to make turn-
pike road.
Proviso.
May cond'mn
land
Damages.
Inquisition to
be returned.
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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
SEC. 6. And he if enacted, That the President and
Directors, so to be chosen, be and they are hereby
authorized and empowered to cut, dig and make'
a turnpike road not less than thirty feet nor more
than fifty feet in width, of which not less than four-
teen feet shall be an artificial road of stone or gravel
or other hard substance; provided that the said com-
pany shall have the right to use, if deemed by them
expedient or necessary, any of the beds of the present
county roads between the City of Westminister and
Bird Hill, with power, however, to deviate therefrom.
in whole or in part. Whenever the said company
may deem such deviation necessary or judicious, the
said President and Directors, first obtaining in
writing the consent of the owners of such land over
which the said road shall pass, or if such consent
cannot he had, and the said company deem it neces-
sary to pass through the said land for the said road,
then the President and Directors, on behalf of the
company, shall apply to the Justice of the Peace for
said county, wlio shall thereupon issue his warrant,
directed to the {Sheriff of the county, commanding
him to summon twenty disinterested persons, land
owners, qualified to serve as jurors in the Circuit
Court, to meet on the said land at the proper time,
as directed by said Sheriff, giving at least five days'
notice to the parties interested or their agents; and
after four of the jurors so summoned are stricken oft'
the panel by the President, his agent or attorney,
and four others by the person or persons interested
in said land, or his or her agent, or in the absence of or
refusal to strike off, four shall be stricken of by said
Sheriff', and the Sheriff" shall qualify the remaining
twelve jurors, either by oath or affirmation, as the
case may be, justly, truly and impartially to value
such damages as may be sustained by the owner or
owners of such land by reason of such road passing
through the same, and make true inquisition and re-
turn of the amount of such damages, taking into
consideration the advantages and disadvantages, if
any, which may be sustained by the owner or owners
of said lands, under their hands and seals, to the Justice who issued the warrant; and that the said find-
ing and decision of the said jurors shall be forthwith
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