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COUNTIES AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. [ART. 22.

premises on a day by him to be appointed, of which due and timely
notice shall be given by the said sheriff to the owner or possessor of
such land.

Id s 5
1799, c 83, s 5.
Proceedings of
jury.

146. And the said jury shall then and there, upon viewing the
place, determine how much land, not exceeding two acres, and not
including the dwelling-house, garden, orchard or meadow of the
owner or possessor, or any part thereof, shall be necessary and most
convenient to be laid off for the use of such ferry, and the said sur-
veyor, under their direction, shall survey and lay off the same, and
make a correct plat and certificate thereof, and shall deliver the
same to the said sheriff, to be returned to the Circuit Court for the
county; and the said jury shall then and there estimate the value of
the said land, in doing which they shall take into consideration all
the advantages of its situation for the purposes of keeping a ferry or
pursuing any other business, having first taken an oath justly and
impartially to value the same land, and they shall make inquest of
their proceedings as aforesaid under their hands and seals, which
shall be returned by the said sheriff, with t lie certificate and plat
aforesaid, to the next Circuit Court for the county.

ld s 6
1799, c 83, s 5
Bight of appeal

147. If the proprietor of the said land shall think himself ag-
grieved by the quantity of land laid off, or by the manner of laying
off the same, or by the valuation thereof by the said jury, he may
apply to the said court at any time before the end of the next court
to that at which the proceedings aforesaid shall be returned, who
may in a summary way examine the said proceedings and ratify or
correct the same in any of the particulars above mentioned, and

Judgment of
court

shall thereupon order and adjudge that the said land shall thence-
forward become the property of the said county forever, upon the
value thereof as aforesaid being paid to the said owner; which judg-
ment and proceeding shall be recorded, and the clerk of the said
court shall transmit a copy of such order and judgment of the said
court, and a certificate of the valuation of the said land condemned,
to the county commissioners of the same county, who shall assess
and levy the same in the same manner as other county expenses,
and shall order such sum when levied to be paid over to the person
or persons entitled to receive the same as being interested in such
condemned land; and it shall thereupon be lawful for the said
county commissioners to direct the necessary buildings to be erected
thereon at the expense of the county, and the same shall be annually
rented out by them for the use and benefit of the said county.

ld s 7
1799, c 83, s 5
Right to redeem
land con-
demned

148. In cases of infancy, or other legal disability, it shall and
may be lawful for such infant or other person, or his or her legal
representative, whose land may be condemned under the provisions
of the preceding sections, at any time within three years after the
removal of such disability, to repay to the county commissioners or
other collector the amount of the valuation of such condemned land,
if the same shall have been paid as above directed, and also the real