688 CORPORATIONS. [ART. 23

said land or other materials may lie, or to any judge of the
supreme bench of Baltimore city, if the said land or materials
lie in the city of Baltimore; and thereupon the said judge,
upon its being made to appear satisfactorily to him that said
land or materials are necessary and proper to be condemned
for the use of such corporation, shall issue his warrant,
directed to the sheriff of said county or city, as the cage may
be, requiring him to summon a jury of twenty inhabitants of
said county or city, as the case may be, not related to said
owner, or in anywise interested in said land, and not stock-
holders in said corporation, to meet on the land or near the
other property or materials to be valued and condemned, on a
day named in said warrant, not less than ten, nor more than
twenty days after issuing the same.

1888, art. 23, sec. 249. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 171.

361. If at said time and place any jurors summoned do
not attend, the sheriff shall immediately summon as many
jurors as may be necessary, with the jurors in attendance, to
make twenty jurors, and from them each party, or its, his, her
or their agent, or if either party be not present in person or
by agent, the sheriff for him, her, it or them may strike off
four jurors, and from those remaining on the list the sheriff
shall select twelve to act as the jury of inquest of damages.

Ibid. sec. 250. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 172

362. The sheriff shall, before they proceed to act as such,
administer to each of said jury an oath that he will justly and
impartially value the damages which the owner will sustain by
reason of the occupation of the said land or materials required
by the occupation, and find whether or not the condemnation
of such land or materials is necessary and proper for the use
of such corporation, for the due exercise and enjoyment of its
corporate privileges.

Ibid. sec. 251. 1868, ch. 471, sec 173.

363. The jury shall reduce their inquisition to writing, and
shall sign and seal the same, and it shall then be returned by
the said sheriff to the clerk of the circuit court for his county,
or the clerk of the superior court of Baltimore city, as the
case may be; and if no sufficient cause to the contrary be
shown, the said inquisition shall thereupon be confirmed by
the said court, at such time and after such notice as shall be