952 CHARLES COUNTY. [ART. 9.

partiality or prejudice to value the land and damages sustained
by the owner by such condemnation, according to their best skill
and judgment, shall proceed to make such valuation.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 9, sec. 91. 1888, ch. 297.

151. The jury in estimating the damages shall take into
consideration the value of the property condemned, the injury to
other property, and the benefits to be derived from the improve-
ments ; the sheriff shall return the inquisition under his hand and
seal, and hands and seals of the jury, to the commissioners, to be
recorded among the land records of Charles county; and the said
condemnation shall, upon payment or tender to the owner of the
said land condemned, of the damages assessed by the inquisition,
vest the property condemned in the commissioners, but the said
property shall in no way be disturbed until the damages assessed
shall have been paid or tendered.

Ibid. sec. 92. 1888, ch 297.

152. The justice of the peace for the time being, holding office
in the district in which said village is situated, shall act as
judge of the first election to be held under this sub-title of this
article, and shall keep the polls open in the afternoon at such
place as he may select in said village, from four to six o'clock,
and shall, within twenty-four hours after closing the polls notify
in writing the five persons having the greatest number of votes
that they have been elected commissioners of the village of Port
Tobacco; and the said commissioners so notified shall thereupon
meet and qualify, as directed by this sub-title of this article, and
take control and management of the village; all subsequent
elections to be provided for and regulated by the by-laws of the
corporation.

Ibid. sec. 93. 1888, ch. 297.

153. Every commissioner elected, before he shall proceed to
execute the duties of his office, shall take an oath before some
justice of the peace of the county that he will diligently and
faithfully, according to the best, of his judgment, perform the
duties of commissioner of said village without favor, partiality or
prejudice; and a certificate of such qualification shall be made and
returned by said justice of the peace to the said commissioners,
to be filed and recorded among their proceedings.