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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

disadvantages arising from the said railroad,

they shall estimate and determine whether any,

and if any, what amount of damages has been,

or may be sustained by the said owner or owners

respectively, and make a report thereof, accord-

Return inqui-
sition

ingly, and the said jury shall reduce their inquisi-

tion to writing, and shall sign and seal the same,

and it shall then be returned by the said sheriff to

the Clerk of the Circuit Court of his county, and by

such clerk tiled in his court, and shall be confirmed

Continued

by said court at its next session thereafter, if no suf-

ficient 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

Another inqui-

sition

court may direct another inquisition to take place in

the manner before described, 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 representative, or guardians, shall en-

title the said company to the estate and interest in

the same thus valued, as fully as if it had been con-

veyed 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

Proviso

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, de-

pots, 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

Cannot agree

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 proceeding 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 in-