as such, the said sheriff or his deputy, shall administer
to each of them an oath or affirmation, as the case may
be, that he would justly and impartially value the
damages, which the owners, or parties holding an interest
therein, will sustain by the use and occupation of
said property by the mayor and city council of Baltimore;
and the said 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
superior court of said city, and by such clerk filed in his
office, and shall be confirmed by said court at its next
session, if no sufficient cause to the contrary be shewn,
and when confirmed, shall be recorded by the said
clerk, at the expense of the mayor and city council of
Baltimore; but should said inquisition be set aside, then
the said court shall direct another inquisition, in the
manner above described; and such inquisition shall
describe the property taken, or the bounds of the land
condemned, and the quantity or duration of the interest
in the same valued, to the mayor and city council
of Baltimore, and such valuation, when paid or tendered
to the owner or owners of said property, or his,
her their legal representatives, shall entitle the said
mayor and city council of Baltimore, to the full legal
and equitable title, interest and estate of the said owners
of said property, estate and interest in the same, thus
valued as fully as if it had been held by the owner or
owners of the same, and the valuation, if not received
when tendered, may, at any time thereafter, be received
from the mayor and city council of Baltimore, without
interest, by the said owner or owners, or his, her or
their legal representative or representatives; and if the
twenty jurors, summoned as aforesaid, shall not appear
at the time and place appointed as aforesaid, the sheriff
or his deputy, as the case may be, shall forthwith summon
other free holders of the city, who are qualified as
aforesaid, to make up the said jury to the number of
twelve, and the jurors, so summoned, shall be allowed
one dollar per diem for their services, and the sheriff
shall be allowed such fees as are by law allowed for the
summoning of jurors to attend the superior court of
Baltimore city, and also a per diem of two dollars for
every day he, or his deputy, shall be in attendance upon
an inquisition under this act; and such expenses shall
be paid by the said mayor and city council of Baltimore,
except in cases of objections to the confirmation
of the inquisition before the superior court, when the
costs in said court may be awarded in the discretion of
the court.
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Inquisition to
be reduced to
writing and
recorded by
clerk of Superior
court.
If set aside,
court may direct
another
inquisition.
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