E. LOUIS LOWE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
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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
if not confirmed, the said court may 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 or their legal representative,
shall entitle the said mayor and city council of Baltimore
to the use, estate and interest in the same thus
valued as fully as if it had been conveyed 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 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 county, from the by-standers
or others qualified as aforesaid, to make up the said jury
to the number of twelve; and the jurors so summoned
shall be allowed the same compensation as is allowed
to the jurors in the circuit court of the county, and the
sheriff shall be allowed similar fees as is by law allowed
for the summoning jurors to attend the circuit court of
the county, 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 inquisition
before the circuit court, when the costs in said
court may be awarded in the discretion of the court.
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If set aside,
court may direct
another
inquisition.
Compensation.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted,
That for the purpose of
defraying all the expenses and cost of said lands,
waters, and water rights, as shall be taken or purchased
for the purposes of this act, and constructing all
works necessary to the accomplishment of said purposes,
and all expenses incident thereto, the said mayor
and city council of Baltimore, shall have authority,
in the name of the said city, to issue certificates of debt
to be denominated on the face " Baltimore water stock,"
to an amount not exceeding two millions of dollars,
and bearing interest not exceeding six per cent. per
annum, and to provide by ordinance for the redemption
of the same, at a certain time and under such provisions
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Authority to
issue certificates
of debt.
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