be desired, for the mayor and city council, alternately to strike
off a juror, until the number of jurors be reduced to twelve, the
persons, a condemnation of whose land is claimed, beginning to
strike off as aforesaid; and in case either party shall refuse or neglect
to strike off the names of jurors, then it shall be lawful for
the sheriff, or his deputy, who shall attend as hereafter directed, to
strike off jurors for the party so refusing, until the number of jurors
remaining be reduced to twelve as aforesaid; and it shall be
the duty of the twelve jurors so remaining to inquire into, assess and
ascertain, the sum or sums of money to be paid by the said mayor
and city council for the land, real estate, spring, brook, water or
water-course, which they may be desirous to purchase and hold for
the purpose aforesaid, and also the sum or sums of money to be paid
by the said mayor and city council for the right to enter and pass,
dig canals, and lay pipes as aforesaid, in any other lands as aforesaid,
through which the said mayor and city council may think expedient
to conduct the said water into the said city as aforesaid, according
to the marks, bounds, courses and distances, described in
the plot aforesaid of the survey aforesaid, having regard to all circumstances
of convenience, advantage and situation, attending the
same; and it shall be the duty of the sheriff of Baltimore county, by
himself or by deputy, on due notice given him by the mayor, to attend
the meeting of the aforesaid persons at the time and place specified
in such notice, and he or his deputy is hereby authorised and
required to administer an oath, or affirmation, as the case may require,
to every of the said jurymen, that he will justly, faithfully
and impartially, discharge and perform the duties prescribed to
him by this act, according to the best of his skill and judgment; and
the same sheriff shall have power and authority to adjourn the said
proceedings from day to day until the the same shall be completed; and
the inquisition thereupon taken, if signed by seven or more of the
said jurymen, shall be also signed by the said sheriff, and shall then
be binding and conclusive, to all intents and purposes whatsoever,
upon the owner or owners, or person interested as aforesaid, and
upon the said mayor and city council; and the said inquisition, with
the plot and certificate aforesaid, shall be returned, by the said sheriff,
to the clerk of Baltimore county court, whose duty it shall be 
to record the same at the expense of the said corporation, and the
same, or a true copy thereof, duly attested by the said clerk under
his hand and seal of office, shall be good in evidence in all cases
whatsoever to which it may relate, in any court of law or equity.

CHAP. 77.