250 CITY OF BALTIMORE. [ART. 4.

Baltimore city, who shall thereupon issue his warrant,
under hand and seal, directed to the sheriff of the
county, or in the case of Patterson park, to the sheriff
of Baltimore city, directing him to summon a jury of
twenty inhabitants of said county, or in the case of
Patterson park, of said city, not related to the parties,
nor in any wise 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 sum-
moned do not attend, the said sheriff shall immediately
summon as many jurors as may be necessary, with the
jurors in attendance, to furnish a panel of twenty jurors
in attendance, 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 re-
maining twelve may act as a jury of inquest; and be-
fore they act as such the sheriff shall administer 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 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 for Baltimore county, or in the case of Pat-
terson park, to the circuit court for Baltimore city, 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 said
clerk at the expense of said mayor and city council,
but if set aside, the court may direct another inquisi-
tion 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 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 conveyed by the owner thereof;
and the valuation, if not received when tendered, may