1831.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 168.

his court, and shall be confirmed by said court at its next ses-
sion, if no sufficient cause to the contrary be shown, and

Record.

when confirmed, shall be recorded by the said clerk, at the
expense of the said company, but if set aside the said court

Form prescribed.

may direct another inquisition to be taken in the manner
above prescribed, and such inquisition shall describe the
property taken, or the bounds of the land condemned, and
the quality or duration of the interest in the same; and such
valuation when paid or tendered to the owner or owners of

Payment.

said property, his, her, or their legal representatives, 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 valuation, if not re-
ceived when tendered, may at any time thereafter be receiv-
ed from the company without cost, by the said owner or
owners, his, her; or their legal representative or represen-

Cross roads, &c
protected.

tatives.
Sec 17. And be it enacted, That whenever in the con-
struction of said road, it shall be necessary to cross or in-
tersect any established road or way, in shall be the duty of
the said president and directors of the said company, so to
construct the said road across such established road or way
as not to impede the passage or transportation of persons or
property along the same, or when it shall be necessary to
pass through the land of any individual, it also shall be their
duty to provide at the expense of the company, for such in-
dividual, proper wagon ways, across said road or roads,
from one part of his land to the other.

Immediate use of
materials, &c, au-
thorised

Sec. 18. And be it enacted, That whenever it shall be
necessary for said company to have, use or occupy, any
lands, materials, or other properly, in order to the construc-
tion, or repair of any part of the said road, its works or
necessary buildings, the said president and directors or their
agents, or those contracting with them for making or re-
pairing the same, may immediately take and use the same,
they having first caused the property wanted, to be viewed
by a jury, formed in the same manner herein before pre-
scribed in those cases where the property is to be changed
or altered, by admixture with other substances before such
alteration is made; and that it shall not be necessary after
such view, in order to the use or occupation of the same, to
wait the issue of the proceedings upon such view, and the
inquest of the jury, after confirmation, and after payment
or tender of the valuation, shall be a bar to all actions for
taking or using such properly, whether commenced before
or after such confirmation, or the payment of said revalua-
tion.