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not less than ten nor more than twenty days after issuing the
same; provided, five days' notice thereof be given to the
owner, reputed owner or agent of such owner of the lands
proposed to be condemned.

1888, art. 96, sec. 10. 1874, ch. 395, sec. 6.

10. If at the time named in such summons any of said
jurors summoned do not attend, the said sheriff shall immedi-
ately summon as many jurors as may be necessary, with the
jurors in attendance, to make up the number of twenty, and
from them each party or his agent, or if either be not present
in person or by agent, the sheriff for said party may strike
four jurors, and the remaining jurors shall act as the jury of
inquest of damages.

Ibid. sec. 11. 1874, ch. 395, sec. 7.

11. Before the said jury shall proceed to act, the sheriff shall
administer to each juror an oath that he will justly and
impartially value the damages which the owner will sustain by
the use or permanent occupation of the land required by the
United States.

Ibid. sec. 12. 1874, ch. 395, sec. 8.

12. The jury shall summon such witnesses as the parties
may require, and examine them on oath in relation to the value
of the property to be condemned; and they shall reduce the
testimony, if any be taken by them to writing, and after the
testimony is closed, and without any unnecessary delay, they
shall ascertain and determine the compensation which ought to
be made by the United States to the party owning or being
interested in the land to be condemned.

Ibid. sec. 13. 1874, ch. 395, sec. 9.

13. The jury shall reduce their inquisition to writing, and
shall sign and seal the same, and it shall then be returned by
the sheriff, together with the testimony, if any taken and
reduced to writing as aforesaid, to the clerk of the circuit
court for the county wherein said land lies, and shall be filed
by said clerk in said court.

Ibid. sec. 14. 1874, ch. 395, sec. 10.

14. The said inquisition shall be confirmed by said court if
no sufficient cause be shown by the fourth day of the term