ART. 26.] CORPORATIONS.

or refuse to remove, in reasonable time, the fixtures
complained of, or the president and directors of the

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said company may apply to a justice of the peace of
the county or city where such lands are, who shall
thereupon issue his warrant, directed to the sheriff of
said county or city., commanding him to summon
twelve disinterested persons, qualified to serve as

Justice of the
peace to issue.

jurors, to meet at the proper place, as directed by the
said justice; and the sheriff shall qualify the said per-
sons by oath or affirmation, faithfully to perform the
duties required of them by the next succeeding section.

Jurors.

130. The said jury shall make a just and equitable
appraisement of all the loss or damage that may be
sustained by any person or corporation, on or over
whose lands or bridges said posts, piers or abutments
are intended to be placed, and shall make a true return
and inquisition thereof, in writing, under their hands
and seals.

Appraisement
of loss or dam-
age.

131. The sheriff shall make return of the inquisition
so found to the clerk of the circuit court of the county,
who shall file the same and lay it before the said court
at its next session; and such inquisition shall be con-

Inquisition.

firmed by said court, unless good cause be shown to the
contrary, and when confirmed, shall be recorded by the
clerk at the expense of the corporation; but if set
aside, the said court may direct another inquisition to

Confirmation
by court.

be taken in the manner above prescribed. The valua-
tion of such loss or damage when paid or tendered to
the owner or owners of the property, or his, her, or
their legal representatives, shall entitle the said corpo-

Valuation.

ration to the easement thus valued, as fully as if it had
been _ conveyed to the said corporation 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 company without costs, by the said owner or
owners, or his, her or their legal representative or rep-
resentatives.

Easement.

132. Any such corporation formed as aforesaid, may,
after its capital stock has been fully paid np, with the
consent of the majority of the owners of the capital

Capital stock.