.ART. 6.] GREENSBOROUGH—HILLSBOHOUGH. 675

after notification of their appointment, take an oath before a jus-
tice of the peace for Caroline county, that they will faithfully,
fairly, and without partiality or prejudice, value and assess the
loss and damage to be suffered and incurred by any person inter-
ested in the property, over and through which the said street,
lane or alley is to be opened, closed, extended, widened or im-
proved ; and they shall, within ten days after such valuation or
assessment, return the same in writing, under their hands and
seals, with a certificate of their qualification before a justice of
the peace, as hereinbefore provided, to the commissioners of said

village, which said valuation and assessment shall be ratified or
rejected by the said commissioners, as in their judgment may seem
proper. And if any person shall feel aggrieved by the determin-
ation of the said" commissioners, in ratifying or rejecting said
award or return, or in the amount of compensation awarded, or
in any matter relating to the same, he may appeal, within sixty

days after said ratification or rejection, to the circuit court for
Caroline county, and either party may be entitled to trial by
jury; and the judgment of said court shall be final among the
parties; provided, that the person taking such -appeal shall,

within twenty days thereof, cause to be delivered to the clerk of
the said circuit court, the award filed with said commissioners,
together with a copy of the order of said commissioners ratifying
or rejecting the same, and all other papers relating thereto.

1870, ch. 144.

168. The said commissioners may allow their clerk, treasurer,
assessor and bailiff, and other employees, such reasonable compen-
sation as they may deem proper, and pay the same from the fund
hereinbefore provided to be raised by a direct tax on the assess-
able property in said village.

HILLSBOROUCH.

1874, ch. 505.

169. The citizens of the town of Hillsborough, in Caroline
county, are constituted and made a body corporate, by the name
of the president and commissioners of the town of Hillsborough,
and as such shall have succession, and by their corporate name
may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, grant, receive and