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FREDERICK COUNTY. [ART. 11.

to any justice of the peace of the state of Maryland in
and for Frederick county, who shall thereupon issue
his warrant, under his hand and seal, directed to the
sheriff of Frederick county, requiring him to summon
twenty persons, who shall be freeholders and otherwise

Jury.

qualified to act as jurors, not interested in the property
to be valued, to meet at or near the property to be
valued, on a day named in said warrant, not less than
ten nor more than twenty days after the issuing of the
same, and if at the time and place named in said war-
rant any of the jurors summoned 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 its, his, her or their agent, if
either be not present in person or by agent, the sheriff
for him, her, it or them, may strike off four jurors, and
the remaining twelve shall act as the jury of inquest of
damages; and before they act as such the said sheriff
shall administer to each of them an oath or affirma-
tion, as the case may be, that he will justly and impar-
tially value the damages which the owner or owners
will sustain by the condemnation of the same required

Hour damages
estimated.

by the said corporation; and the jury, in estimating
such damages, shall take into the estimate the benefits
resulting to the said owner or owners from opening,
widening, deepening or straightening said creek through,
along or near to the property of said owner or owners,
but only in extinguishment of the claim for damages;

inquisition to
be returned to
circuit court.

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 sheriff to the clerk of the circuit
court for Frederick county, and by such clerk filed in
his court, and shall be confirmed by the court at its
next session, if no sufficient cause to the contrary be
shown, and when confirmed shall be recorded by the
said clerk at the expense of the said corporation; but
if set aside the court may order another inquisition, to
be taken in the manner above prescribed; and such
inquisition shall describe the property taken or the