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writing, and shall sign and seal the same, and it shall then be
returned by the said sheriff to the clerk of the circuit court
of Baltimore city, to be filed in his court for confirmation by
said court at its next term, if no sufficient cause to the con-
trary be shown, and when returned shall be recorded by said
clerk at the expense of said mayor and city council; but if set
aside, the court may direct another inquisition to be taken in the
manner above prescribed, and such inquisition shall describe the
land taken and the quantity or duration of the interest in the
same, valued for said mayor and city council, and such valuation
when paid or tendered to the owner of said land, or his or her
legal representatives, shall entitle the said mayor and city council
to the estate or interest so valued, as fully as if it had been con-
veyed by the owner thereof; and the valuation, if not received
when tendered, may at any time thereafter be received from the
said mayor and city council by the said owner.

1870, ch. 68.

711. The said park commissioners are authorized to enlarge
the streets and avenues around and leading to said parks, and in
the event of failing to agree with the owner of any property re-
quired for that purpose, or of any interest therein for the pur-
chase thereof, or if the owner be a feme covert, under age, non
compos mentis, or be residing out of Baltimore city, the said
commissioners are authorized to condemn the same in the manner
specified in the foregoing section, the oath to each juror being
that he will justly and impartially value the damages which the
owner will sustain by the enlarging of the particular street or
avenue, as the case may be.

1878, ch. 344.

712. In addition to the powers heretofore conferred upon the
public park commission of the city of Baltimore, they are author-
ized to form a zoological collection within the limits of Druid
Hill park, by the purchase and collection of living, wild, and
other animals, for the purpose of public exhibition for the instruc-
tion and recreation of the people, with power to make contracts
in regard thereto, and shall be capable at law of holding and at