1835,

LAWS OF MARYLAND,

gulations, and be subject to the same fines, penalties

CHAP. 321.

and restrictions, as the said companies now are, where

the same are not inconsistent with the provisions of

this act.

Mode of estimating

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That in all cases where

damages

damages are claimed by the owner or owners of land

through which the turnpike road, which the company

incorporated by this act is authorised to make, may

pass, the president and managers of said company,

or a majority of them, or any person authorised by

them, may agree with the owner or owners of such

land for such damages as maybe sustained by him,

her or them, by the said road passing through the

same, or with the owner or owners of the land on which

the same may he, for the purchase of said laud, and in

case of no agreement being made, or in case the owner

shall he a feme covert, under age, or non compos men-

tis, or out of the State or county of Washington, the

president of the said company or any person authori-

sed by him for that purpose, shall apply to a justice of

the peace of Washington county, which justice of the

peace shall thereupon issue his warrant, directed to

the sheriff of said county, commanding him to summon

Jurors

twelve disinterested persons, qualified to serve as ju-

rors in the county court of said county, to meet at the

place where said land may lie, and the said sheriff shall

qualify the said persons by oath or affirmation, as the

case maybe, justly and impartially to value the dama-

ges which may he sustained by the owner or owners of

the land through which the said road may pass, in

consequence thereof, and the said persons shall after

Return statement

valuing the damages, return a statement in writing of

the valuation so made, and a plat of such land as they

may deem necessary for the use and purposes of the

said company, certified under their hands and seals to

be a correct statement and plat, in conformity to the

provisions of this act, to the clerk of the county court

of Washington county aforesaid, to be by him recor-

ded, a copy of which, certified under the hand and

seal of the office of the said clerk, shall be evidence of

any rights, titles or interests acquired by the provis-

ions of this act, if the owner or owners of the land so