862 CECIL COUNTY. [ART. 8.

the property of said owner, but only in extinguishment of the
claim for damages; and they shall reduce their inquisition to
writing, and shall sign and seal the same; and it shall then be
returned by the sheriff to the clerk of the circuit court for Cecil
county, and shall be confirmed by the 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 commissioners.

1883, ch. 219.

240. If said inquisition be set aside by the circuit court for
Cecil county, the said court may direct another to be taken in the
same manner as the first.

Ibid.

241. Every inquisition shall describe the property taken or
the bounds of the land condemned, and the quantity or duration
of the interest of the same therein valued; and such valuation
when paid or tendered to the owner of the property, or his legal
representatives, shall entitle the said commissioners to the estate,
use and interest in the same so valued, for the purposes aforesaid,
as fully as if the same had been conveyed by the owner; and said
valuation when tendered by said commissioners may at any time
thereafter be received without costs by the owner or his legal
representatives.

Ibid.

242. Said commissioners, once in every five years, or oftener,
if they think proper, shall appoint an assessor, who shall, under
oath, value the property in said town in the same manner and
with like authority as county assessors.

Ibid

243. If any owner of property assessed within said town shall
feel aggrieved by the assessment eo made, he may appeal to the
said commissioners, who may make such deduction from the
valuation of his property as they may deem reasonable and just.

Ibid

244. They shall have full power and authority, annually, to
appoint a bailiff, whose duty it shall be to preserve the peace and