702

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

examine and determine whether any, and if any,

what amount of damages has been or may be sus-

tained by said owner or owners respectively, and

Make report

make report thereof accordingly, and the said jury

thereof.

shall reduce their inquisition to writing, and shall

sign and seal the same, and it shall then be re-

returned by said sheriff to the clerk of the circuit

court for his county, and by such clerk filed in his

court; and unless sufficient cause to the contrary be

shown within thirty days after said inquisition has

been filed, the same shall forthwith be confirmed by

said court ; and when confirmed it shall be recorded

by the said clerk at the expense of the said railway

company ; but if set aside, the said court shall direct

another inquisition to take place in the manner be-

Second or

fore described ; and in case the second or any other

any other in-
quisition.

inquisition, which shall be confirmed by the court,
shall not award to the land owner or owners a larger

amount of damages than was awarded by the first

inquisition, the court may in its discretion order the

costs of said inquisition, or either of them, to be paid

by the owner or owners of said land or materials

condemned, and the inquisition shall in all cases de-

scribe the property taken, or the bounds of the lands

condemned, and the quality or duration of the inter-

est 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 heirs, legal

representatives or assigns, shall entitle the said com-

pany to the estate and interest in the same, thus

valued, as if it had been legally conveyed by the

owner or owners of the same ; and the said valuation,

if not received when tendered, may at any time

thereafter be received without costs or interest from

said company by the owner or owners, his, her, or

their heirs, legal representatives or assigns ; and the

sheriff shall keep the said jury together for a reason-

able time, until they shall agree upon and sign and

seal said inquisition ; and in case it shall so happen

Failure to

that the jury cannot agree, after being kept together

agree.

as aforesaid, the sheriff shall discharge the said jury,

and without any further warrant from a justice of

the peace, shall, within five days thereafter, summon

another jury of twenty inhabitants as aforesaid, not

upon the former jury, and the same proceedings shall

be had in all respects as hereinbefore provided ; and