Notice to be
given to persons
interested.
Oath.
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such ground, which the said mayor and city council
of
Baltimore, may find it necessary or proper, to have or
hold, for the purpose of extending said market as aforesaid;
or if the owner or owners of such lands or property,
shall be absent or out of the State, or unknown,
it shall and may be lawful, on the application of the
mayor and city council of Baltimore, for any justice of
the peace of the said city of Baltimore, in which such
lands or property as aforesaid, are situated, to issue his
warrant to the sheriff of said city, commanding him to
direct and summon from the said city, a jury of twenty
free holders, inhabitants of said city, not related to the
owner or owners, or persons interested as aforesaid, in
the said real estate, or other property, to meet on the
premises which are to be valued, on some certain day,
to be named in said warrant, of which said warrant,
and the day therein named for the meeting of the jury,
five days notice shall be given previous to such day, by
the mayor and city council of Baltimore, to every
owner or person interested as aforesaid; or if any infant
or lunatic, or feme covert, be the owner of the property,
in whole or part, to his or her guardian, trustee,
committee, or husband, as the case may be, such notice
to be left at his or her place of abode; or if such owner,
guardian, trustee, committee, or husband, should reside
out of the State, or is unknown, such notice shall be
published not less than eight weeks successively, in
some one or more of the daily newspapers of Baltimore
city; and from the list of jurors so returned and attending,
it may be lawful for the owner of the property, or
the guardian, trustee, committee, or husband of the
owner, as the case may be, whose property it may be
desired to condemn, to strike four, and for the said
mayor and city council of Baltimore to strike four, so
that the number of jurors be reduced to twelve; and in
case either party shall neglect or fail to strike off the
names of jurors, then it shall be the duty of the sheriff,
or his deputy, who shall attend as hereinafter directed, to
strike off jurors for the party so refusing or neglecting,
so that the number of jurors be reduced to twelve, as
aforesaid; and it shall be the duty of the twelve jurors
so remaining, to inquire into, assess and ascertain the
sum or sums of money, to be paid by the said mayor
and city council of Baltimore, for the land or other
property, which they may deem necessary, to purchase
and hold or use for the purposes aforesaid, having regard
to all circumstances of damage or benefit, to result
to such owner or party interested therein, for the use
and occupation of such property, by the mayor and
city council of Baltimore; and before the said jury act
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