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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 inter-
ested, 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 affirm-
ation 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 judg-
ment, and that in such valuation, he will not spare
any person for favor or affection, or any person ag-
grieved, for malice, hatred, or illwill, and the in-
quisition 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 own-
ers of the land, or his, her, or their legal represen-
tatives, 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.