2176 UNITED STATES. [ART. 96

1904. art. 90. sec. 12. 1888, art. 96. sec. 12. 1874, ch. 395, sec. 8.

12. The jury shall summon such witnesses as the parties may
require, and examine them on oath in relation to the value of the prop-
erty to be condemned; and they shall reduce the testimony, if any be
taken by them to writing, and after the testimony is closed, and without
any unnecessary delay, they shall ascertain and determine the com-
pensation which ought to be made by the United States to the party
owning or being interested in the land to be condemned.

Ibid. sec. 13. 1888. art. 90. sec. 13. 1874, ch. 395, sec. 9.

13. The jury shall reduce their inquisition to writing, and shall sign
and seal the same, and it shall then be returned by the sheriff, together
with the testimony, if any taken and reduced to writing as aforesaid,
to the clerk of the circuit court for the county wherein said land lies,
and shall be filed by said clerk in said court.

Ibid. sec. 14. 1888, art. 96, sec. 14. 1874, ch. 395, sec. 10.

14. The said inquisition shall be confirmed by said court if no suf-
ficient cause be shown by the fourth day of the term thereof beginning
next after it is filed in said court; and when confirmed, it shall be
recorded by said clerk at the expense of the United States; and the
United States shall also pay all the costs incident to said petition and
inquisition in all cases.

Ibid. sec. 15. 1888, art. 96, sec. 15. 1874, ch. 395, sec. 11.

15. If the said inquisition be set aside, the said court may direct
another inquisition in the manner hereinbefore prescribed.

Ibid. sec. 16. 1888, art. 96, sec. 16. 1874, ch. 395, sec. 12.

16. Every inquisition shall describe the property taken, and the
bounds and quantity of the land condemned, and shall state the valua-
tion thereof; such valuation, when paid or tendered to the owner of
said property, shall entitle the United States to the land so valued and
condemned, for the use and purposes set forth in said petition, as fully
as if the same had' been conveyed by the owner thereof to the United
States for said use and purposes, with the sanction of the general
assembly of this State; provided, always, that if said valuation be ten-
dered to the party entitled and refused, the United States shall obtain
no title to said land until they shall have by their said agent or other-
wise brought said tender and refusal to the knowledge of said court;
and until said court shall pass an order directing that said valuation,
tendered and refused as aforesaid, be paid over to the clerk of said
court, to be retained by him, or invested under the order or direction
of said court, for the use and benefit of the party entitled, whenever he
shall see fit to demand the same, and until the said court shall direct
said clerk to pay over the same to him, and said order shall have been
complied with by the United States; and the said court may, in its
discretion, before ordering any such valuation to be paid over to said