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and by such Clerk filed in his Court, and shall be confirmed
by said Court at its next session thereafter if no sufficient
cause to the contrary thereof be shown, and when confirmed
shall be recorded by said Clerk in the records of his office, but
if set aside, the said Court, may direct another inquisition to
take place in the manner before discribed, whose decision shall
be returned as before directed ; and such valuation when paid,
or tendered to the owner or owners of said property, or to
his, her or their agent or agents, Attorney legal representa-
tive or guardians, shall entitle the said company to the estate
and interest in the same thus valued, as fully as if it had been,
conveyed by the owner or owners of the same, and the said
valuation if not received when tendered, may at any time
thereafter be received from the said company by the said
owner or owners, his, her or their legal representatives or
guardian ; provided that no private property shall be taken
by the said company for the use of the said road, stations,
depots, wharves, sidings or any of its works, without just
compensation as agreed by the said parties or awarded by the
jury, being first paid or tendered to the party entitled to such
compensation ; and the said 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 aforesaid, the said sheriff may in his discretion,
discharge the said jury, and without any further warrant
from a Justice of the Peace, within five days thereafter,
summon another jury of twenty disinterested persons
as aforesaid, and the same proceedings shall be had in all
respects as is hereinbefore provided; and in case of a second
or other disagreement of the jury, the same proceedings shall
be had and continued, until a verdict or inquisition shall be
made and returned as aforesaid, and in estimating the damages
for land, earth, gravel, timber or other materials taken for
the use and occupation of the said railroad, the jury shall
assess the same at a just valuation.

Which was adopted.

Said bill as amended, was read the second time and ordered
to be engrossed for a third reading.

The Clerk of the House of Delegates delivered the follow-
ing.

JOINT RESOLUTION.

Be it Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the Governor and Commander-in-chief, be and is hereby
authorized, to dispose by sale or exchange, as he may judge
best, of all military property now on hand, which has been or
may be condemned by regular inspection as unfit for issue,