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manner above preseribed; and like proceedings may be had until
an inquisition in reference to said condemnation shall be con-

firmed.

1868, ch. 471, sec. 174.

252. Every such inquisition shall describe the property taken,

or the bounds of the land condemned, and the quantity or duration
of interest in the same valued for the corporation; and such valu-
ation, 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 pre-
scribe, shall entitle the said company to the estate and interest in
the same thus valued, as fully as if it had been conveyed by the
owner of the same; and the valuation, if not received when ten-
dered, may at any time thereafter be received from said corpora-
tion without costs by the said owner or his legal representatives;
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.

Ibid. sec. 175.

253. Nothing herein contained shall authorize any incorpo-
rated company to take or use 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
preceding section; and nothing herein contained shall authorize
the location of any public road on private property without con-
sent of the owners or the decision of the county commissioners,
upon due hearing as now prescribed by law for opening or alter-
ing public roads.

1866, ch. 161.

254. Any of the corporations formed under class eleven,
section 24, of this article, shall have the powers which are con-
ferred upon telegraph companies incorporated under this article,
by section 224, and may construct and lay any part of its said
line or lines under ground on any route on which it is authorized
to construct such lines, in whole or in part, above ground, and