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thus valued as fully as if it had been conveyed by the owner
or owners of the same; and the valuation, if not received when
tendered, may at any time thereafter be received from the said
corporation, without costs, by the said owner or his legal repre-
sentatives; and all fees or per diem to which any sheriff, clerk,
juror or other officer shall be entitled for any services required
of him under the aforesaid provisions for condemnation shall
be paid by the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown.

SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That if it shall be impossible
for the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown to determine with
accuracy and definiteness who are the present owner or owners
of said lot, or any property rights therein, to the entire satis-
faction of the said Mayor and Council of Hagerstown, or its
duly authorized legal representative empowered to inquire
therein and report thereon, or if the name of any owner of
said property or property rights be unknown, or, if known, it
be impossible to determine his present whereabouts, the Mayor
and Council of Hagerstown, in its petition to the judge as
hereinbefore provided, shall set out all the facts concerning the
owner or owners of said lot, and thereupon the judge shall
cause such notice to be given to the unknown owners of said
property or property rights, and to those whose whereabouts
is unknown, which said notice shall be published once a week
for at least three successive weeks in the newspapers of Hagers-
town, Maryland, notifying said absent or unknown parties of
the object and purpose of this proceeding, and warning them to
appear in person or by attorney, upon a day to be named in
said notice and said warrant, or otherwise to be forever pre-
cluded from setting up any adverse rights or claims to said
lot or any property right therein as against the Mayor and
Council of Hagerstown.

SEC. 9. Be it enacted, That nothing in this act contained
shall authorize the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown to take
or use any property and property rights for the purposes of this
act without just compensation as agreed upon with the owner
or awarded by a jury, having been first paid or tendered to the
parties entitled thereto, or paid into Court after inquisition is
confirmed, as provided for in the preceding sections of this act.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the Mayor and Council
of Hagerstown, for the purpose of paying for any lot or prop-
erty rights acquired under the terms of this act, are authorized
and empowered to use such sum or sums as may be necessary
therefor and to charge the same against the money or moneys
levied by the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown for the Gen-
eral Purpose Account; and any money or moneys needed here-