vested in a feme covert, infant, idiot, lunatic, person non compos
mentis, or absent from this state, that then it shall be lawful for the
said mayor to apply to any one justice of the peace for the county
in which such land shall lie, for his warrant to the sheriff of said
county, thereby commanding the said sheriff to summon, or cause to
be summoned, a jury of twelve honest and disinterested freeholders
of his county, to meet on the land to be valued, on a certain
day in the said warrant to be named, describing the land in his
warrant; and the said justice is hereby empowered and required,
on such application being made to him as aforesaid, to issue his
warrant, under his hand and seal, directed to the sheriff of his
county, requiring and commanding him to summon twelve honest
and disinterested freeholders as aforesaid of his county, who shall
stand indifferent between the parties, to meet on the land to be valued,
on  certain day, of which the parties interested shall have
due notice, and the said sheriff, upon the receiving said warrant,
shall immediately comply therewith; and the jurors, when met together
on the land, shall take the following oath, or affirmation, to
be administered by the said sheriff to each of them separately, to
wit:  " You, A. B. do swear, or solemnly affirm, that you will
" make a just, true and honest valuation of this land, and of all
" damages that shall be sustained by the proprietor or proprietors
" of the land now valued and shewn to you, according to the
" best of your skill and judgment; so help you God;" and the said
jury shall then proceed to inquire into and ascertain the value of
the said land and damages as aforesaid, and the inquisition so
made and taken shall be signed by the sheriff and the jury, and
returned by the sheriff to the clerk of Baltimore county, which
shall be by him filed and recorded among the lands records
of said county; and the valuation so made by the jurors shall
be binding and conclusive on all parties, and shall be paid by the
said mayor and city council to the owner or owners of the land, or
his legal representatives, as a full recompence therefor; and the
said mayor city council to the owner or owners of the land, or
his legal representatives, as a full recompence therefor; and the
said mayor and city council, or their successors, or payment of the
said money, shall have as good, sure and indefeasible title, in fee-simple,
to said land, as if the same had been conveyed by the owner
to the said mayor and city council, and their successors, by fine,
feoffment, deed of bargain and sale, or any other mode of conveyance.

CHAP. 93.