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such other public places as they may judge most effectual, thirty
days at least before such meeting.

P. G. L, (1860,) art. 15, sec. 8. 1786, ch. 33, sec. 3.

8. Each commissioner shall, before he proceeds in the execution
of the commission, otherwise than by giving such notice and issu-
ing summonses for witnesses as herein provided, take an oath be-
fore a justice of the peace, or some other of the commissioners,
that he will settle and adjust the location of the land mentioned
in the commission, most agreeably to the true original location
thereof, according to the evidences and circumstances which shall
be offered or appear to him, without favor, affection or partiality,
according to the best of his experience and judgment, and will
make a true return thereof.

Ibid, sec 9. 1786, ch. 83, sec. 4.

9. The said commissioners shall meet on the land agreeably to
the notice given by them, and may cause the lands mentioned in
the commission, as well as any other lands they may think
proper, to be surveyed by the surveyor of the county, or such
other skilful person as they shall think fit to appoint.

Ibid. sec. 10. 1786, ch 33, sec. 4.

10. Summonses for witnesses may issue out of the court
issuing the commission, or by the said commissioners, or a
majority of them; and witnesses summoned shall attend, and be

subject to punishment by the said court for not attending, in the
same manner as on summonses issued by and returnable to said

court.

Ibid. sec. 11. 1793, ch. 70, sec. 8.

11. If any witness shall not attend when summoned, the
commissioners, or any two of them, shall apply to the clerk of
the said court for an attachment, which shall issue accordingly
to compel his attendance.

Ibid. sec. 12. 1786, ch. 33, sec. 4.

12. The commissioners may administer an oath to the sur-
veyor, and also to the chain carriers, to execute their respective