4830 ARTICLE 22.

1912, ch. 95, sec. 6.

453. The jury shall reduce the inquisition 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 for Washington County and if no sufficient cause
to the contrary be shown, the said inquisition shall thereupon be con-
firmed by the said Court after such notice as shall be fixed by the rules
of said Court, and when confirmed shall be recorded by said clerk at the
expense of the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown; but if the same be set
aside, or, if the jury shall fail to agree, the said Court may direct another
inquisition to be taken in the manner above prescribed and like proceedings
may be had until an inquisition in reference to said condemnation shall be
confirmed.

1912, ch. 95, sec. 7.

454. Every such inquisition shall describe the property taken, the
property rights therein and the duration of interest of the same valued
for the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown, and such valuation when paid
or tendered to the owner or owners of said property and property rights,
or his legal representatives after confirmation thereof, or when the same
shall be paid into Court under such regulations as the Court shall prescribe,
shall entitle the said Mayor and Council of Hagerstown to the estate and
interest in the said lot 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 representatives; 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.

1912, ch. 95, sec. 8.

455. If it shall be impossible for the Mayor and Council of Hagers-
town to determine with accuracy and definiteness who are the present
owner or owners of said lot, or any property rights therein, to the entire
satisfaction 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 where-
abouts, 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 precluded from setting up any adverse rights or