ART. 26.] CORPORATIONS.

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173. The jury shall reduce their inquisition to writ-
ing, and shall sign and seal the same, and it shall then
be returned by the said sheriff to the clerk of the cir-
cuit court of his county, or the clerk of the superior
court of Baltimore city, as the case may be; and if
no sufficient cause to the contrary be shown, the said
inquisition shall thereupon be confirmed by the said
court, at such time and after such notice as shall

Inquisition.

be fixed by its rules, and when confirmed shall be
recorded by said clerk at the expense of said corpora-
tion; but if 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 pro-
ceedings may be had until an inquisition, in reference
to said condemnation shall be confirmed. .

Confirmation
by court.

174. Every such inquisition shall describe the pro-
perty taken, or the bounds of the land condemned, and
the quantity or duration of interest in the same valued
for the corporation, and such valuation, when paid or
tendered to the owner of said property, or his legal
representative, after confirmation thereof, or when the
same shall be paid into court under such regulations as
the court by which the said inquisition shall have been
confirmed shall prescribe, shall entitle the said com-
pany to the estate and interest in the same thus valued,
as fully as if it had been conveyed by the owner of the

Description
of property.

same, and the valuation, if not received when tendered,
may at any time hereafter be received from said corpo-
ration without costs, by the said owner or his legal rep-

Valuation.

resentatives, and all fees or per diem, to which any
sheriff, clerk, juror, or other officer, shall be entitled,
for any service required of him under the aforesaid
proceedings for condemnation, shall be paid by the
corporation causing the same to be instituted.

Costs.

175. Nothing herein contained shall authorize any
incorporated company to take or use private property
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 a
court, after inquisition confirmed, as provided for in the

Compensation
for private
property.