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tion may be made by the said commissioners, to any
justice of the peace of Baltimore county, who shall
thereupon issue his warrant, under hand and seal,
directed to the sheriff of the county, directing him to
summon a jury of twenty inhabitants of said county,
not related to the parties, nor in anywise interested,
to meet on the land to be valued on a day named in
said warrant, not less than ten nor more than twenty
days after issuing the same, and if at said time and
place, any of said jurors summoned do not attend,
the said sheriff shall immediately summon as many
jurors as may be necessary, with the jurors in attend-
ance, to furnish a panel of twenty jurors in attend-
ance, and from them each party or his agent, or if
either be not present, in person or by agent, the
sheriff for him, may strike off four jurors, and the
remaining twelve shall act as the jury of inquest;
and before they act as such, the sheriff shall admin-
ister to each of them an oath or affirmation, as the
case may be, that he will justly and impartially
value the land required by said mayor and city
council for the park aforesaid; and the said jury
shall reduce their 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 Baltimore county, to be filed in his court, for
confirmation by said court at its next term, if no
sufficient cause to the contrary be shown, and when
returned, shall be recorded by the said clerk at the
expence of the said mayor and city council; but, if
set aside, the court may direct another inquisition to
be taken, in the manner above prescribed; and such
inquisition shall describe the land taken, and the
quantity or duration of the interest in the same,
valued for the mayor and city council, and such
valuation, when paid or tendered to the owner of
said land, or his or her legal representatives, shall
entitle the said mayor and city council to the estate
or interest so valued, as fully as if it had been con-
veyed by the owner thereof; and the valuation, if