330

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

of the property, his, her or their heirs, legal repre-

sentatives, or assigns, shall entitle the said company

to the estate and interest in the same thus valued as

Must be

if it had been legally conveyed by the owner or

legally con-

owners of the same; and the said valuation, if not

veyed.

received when tendered, may at any time thereafter

be received, without costs or interest from said com-

pany, 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 reasonable time,

until they shall agree upon and sign and seal said

inquisition, and in case it shall so happen that the

jury cannot agree after being kept together as afore-

Discharge

said, the sheriff shall discharge the said jury, and

jury.

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 in case of a second or other disagreement of the

jury, the same proceedings shall be had until a ver-

dict or inquisition shall be made and returned as

aforesaid.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That whenever said

Baltimore and Delta Railway Company shall find

it necessary for the purpose of avoiding annoyance

to public travel, or dangerous or difficult curves or

grades, or unsafe or unsubstantial grounds or founda-

tions, or for other reasonable causes, to change the

Change loca-

location or grade of any portion of their road,

tion or grade.

whether heretofore made or hereafter to be made,

such railway company shall be and is hereby author-
ized to make such changes of grade and location,

not departing from the general route hereinbefore

described ; and for the purpose of making any such

change in the location and grades of such road as

Rights and

aforesaid, such company shall have all the rights,

privileges.

powers and privileges to enter upon and take and

appropriate such lands, and make surveys necessary

to effect such changes and grades upon the same

terms and be subject to the same obligations, rules

and regulations as are prescribed by law, and shall

also be liable in damages when any have been caused

by such change, to the owner or owners of the lands

upon which said road heretofore constructed to be