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LAWS OP MARYLAND.

Summon jury.

Sheriff of Caroline county, respectively, wherein the said property may be situated, to be. condemned, to summon a jury of twenty freeholders of said county, not related to the parties, or in any manner interested, to meet on the lands to be valued, at a day to be expressed in the warrant, not less than ten days after the date of said warrant, and the sheriff upon receiving said warrant shall forthwith summon a

Take oath.

jury, and when met, shall administer an oath or affirmation to every juryman who shall appear, being not less than twelve in number, that he will faithfully, justly and impartially value the land required by the company according to the best of his skill and judgment, and that in such valuation, he will not spare any person for favor or affection, or any person aggrieved, for malice, hatred, or illwill, and the inquisition thereupon taken, shall be signed by the jury and sheriff of each of said counties, respectively, whereon the land so sought to be condemned, and return by the sheriff of said counties, to the clerks of their respective counties, and unless good cause

Be affirmed.

be shown against said requisition, it shall be affirmed by the Circuit Courts of the said counties wherein such condemnation may take place, but if the said inquisition shall be set aside, or if, from any cause, no inquisition shall be returned to such county within a reasonable time, the said court may direct another inquisition to be taken in the manner above prescribed, and upon such valuation the jury is hereby directed to describe and ascertain the bounds of the lands by them valued, and the nature of the estate required by the company in the same, and their valuation shall be conclusive on all persons, and shall on demand be paid for by the president and directors of said company, to the owner or owners of the land, or his, her, or their legal representatives, and on payment, or tender of payment

Shall be seized

thereof, the said company shall be seized of such lands, as of an estate in fee, or with such less quantity and duration of interest in the same as if conveyed by the owner or owners to them.

Approved April 3, 1876.