644 CORPORATIONS. [ART. 23

wise interested, to meet on the lands or near the materials or
other property wanted on a day named in said warrant, not
less than ten nor more than twenty days after issuing the
same; and if at said time and place any of the said jurors
summoned do not attend, the sheriff shall immediately summon
as many persons similarly qualified as together with those in
attendance, shall make up twenty, and from the panel, each
party, his, her, its or their agent or attorney, or if either party
be not present in person or by agent, or being present in per-
son or agent refuse to strike, the sheriff, for him, her, it or
them, may strike off four persons, and the remaining twelve
shall act as the jury of the inquest of damages; and to each,
before he acts as such juror, the sheriff shall administer an
oath or affirmation that he will justly and impartially value
the damages which the owner or owners will sustain by the
use and occupation of the property required by the said com-
pany, and the said jury shall reduce their inquisition to writing
and sign and seal the same; and it shall then be returned by
the sheriff to the clerk of the circuit court for his county, and
be filed by said clerk in his office, and shall be confirmed by
said court any time after the expiration of thirty days from
the date of such filing, if no sufficient cause to the contrary
be shown, and when confirmed shall be recorded by said clerk
at the expense of the company; but if the same be set aside
the said court shall direct another inquisition to be taken, in
the manner above described; and in case the second or any
other inquisition which is confirmed by the court shall not
award to the land owner a larger amount of damages than was
awarded by the first inquisition, the court may, in its discre-
tion, order the costs of said second or other inquisition to be
paid by the owner or owners of said land or materials con-
demned; and the inquisition shall, in all cases, describe the
property taken or the bounds of the land condemned, and the
quality or duration of the interest in the same, valued for the
company, and such valuation, when paid or tendered to the
owner or owners of the property, his, her or their legal repre-
sentatives, shall entitle the said company to the estate and
interest in the some thus valued as if it had been legally con-
veyed by the owner or owners of the same; and the valuation,
if not received when tendered, may at any time thereafter be
received without costs from said company by the owner or
owners, his, her or their legal representatives; and the sheriff
shall keep the said jury together for a reasonable time, until