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fixed by its rules; and when confirmed, shall be recorded by
said clerk at the expense of said corporation; but if set aside,
or if the jury shall fail to agree, the said court may direct
another inquisition to be taken in the manner above prescribed;
and like proceedings may be had until an inquisition in refer-
ence to said condemnation shall be confirmed.

1888, art, 23, sec. 252. 1868, ch. 471, sec, 174.

364. Every such inquisition shall describe the property
taken, or the bounds of the land condemned, and the quantity
or duration of interest in the same valued for the corporation;
and such valuation, when paid or tendered to the owner of
said property, or his legal representative, after confirmation
thereof, or when the same shall be paid into court under such
regulations as the court by which the said inquisition shall
have been confirmed shall prescribe, shall entitle the said
company to the estate and interest in the same thus valued, as
fully as if it had been conveyed by the owner of the same;
and the valuation, if not received when tendered, may at any
time thereafter be received from said corporation without costs
by the said owner or his legal representatives; and all fees or
per diem to which any sheriff, clerk, juror or other officer
shall be entitled for any service required of him under the
aforesaid proceedings for condemnation shall be paid by the
corporation causing the same to be instituted.

Ibid. sec. 253. 1868, ch 471, sec. 175.

365. Nothing herein contained shall authorize any incor-
porated company to take or use property without just com-
pensation, as agreed upon with the owner, or awarded by a
jury, having been first paid or tendered to the parties entitled
thereto, or paid into a court, after inquisition confirmed, as
provided for in the preceding section; and nothing herein con-
tained shall authorize the location of any public road on private
property without consent of the owners or the decision of the
county commissioners, upon due hearing as now prescribed by
law for opening or altering public roads.
Moores v. Belair Water Co., 79 Md. 393.

Ibid. sec. 254. 1886, ch. 161.

366. Any of the corporations formed under class thirteen,
section 28 of this article, shall have the powers which are
conferred upon telegraph companies incorporated under this

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