538
In case it is
set aside.
Inquisition
to describe
property
taken.
To keep jury
together rea-
sonable time.
Second dis-
agreement.
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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
his county, and be filed by said clerk in his office,
and. shall he confirmed 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
inquisition to be taken, in the manner above de-
scribed; and in case of the second or any other in-
quisition which is confirmed by the court, shall not
award to the land owner a larger amount of dam-
ages than was awarded by the first inquisition, the
court may, in its discretion, order the costs of said
second or other inquisition to be paid by the owner
or owners of said land or materials condemned; and
the inquisition shall in all cases describe the prop-
erty taken or the bounds of the land 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 interests
in the same thus valued, as if it had been legally
conveyed by the owner or owners of the same, and
the valuation, if not received when tendered, may at
any time thereafter be recorded, without costs, from
said company, by the owner or owners, his, her or
their legal representatives; and the Sheriff shall
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 together as afore-
said, the Sheriff" may, in his discretion, discharge the
said jury, and without any further warrant from a
Justice of the Peace, shall, within five days thereaf-
ter, summon another jury of twenty inhabitants, as
aforesaid, not upon the former jury, and the same
proceedings shall be had in all respects as is hereinbe-
fore provided"; and in case of a second or other dis-
agreement of the jury, the same proceedings shall be
had until a verdict or inquisition shall be made and
returned as aforesaid; and wherever the said canal
shall cross or pass any roads or roads of what kind so-ever, the said company shall build or erect, and main-
tain in good order, proper swing or drawbridges, or
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