ART. 21.] EASTON. 1855

hand and seal, directed to the sheriff of said county, requiring
him to summon a jury of twenty inhabitants, freeholders of said
county, not related nor in any wise interested, to meet on the
premises 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
said time and place, any of said 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 his agent,
or if either be not present in person, or by agent, the sheriff, for
him, 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 juror an oath or
affirmation, that he will justly and impartially value the damage
which the owner will sustain by the removal of said house or
obstructions; and the said jury shall reduce their inquisition to
writing, and shall sign and seal the same, and it shall then be
returned by said sheriff to the clerk of the circuit court for the
county, and be filed in his court, and shall be confirmed by said
court at its next session, if no sufficient cause to the contrary be
shown, and when confirmed shall be recorded by said clerk at the
expense of said town; but if set aside, the said court may direct
another inquisition to be taken in the manner above described;
and such valuation, when paid or tendered to the owner of said
property, or his legal representatives, shall entitle the said town
commissioners to the estate and interest in the said house, or
obstructions, thus valued, as fully as if the same had been con-
veyed by the owner thereof; and said valuation, when tendered,
may at any time be recovered from said town commissioners by
the owner, or his legal representatives.

P. L. L. (1860,) art. 20, sec. 40.

54. They may, as often as necessary, appoint an assessor of all
real and personal property in said town, and may impose and levy
on said property such tax as they may deem necessary, not exceed-
ing thirty-seven and a half cents in the hundred dollars of assess-
able property therein.

Ibid. sec. 41.

55. The person appointed assessor shall take the following
oath before the said commissioners: " I, A. B., do swear that I