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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the assessable property of said town, provided that

the taxes for all purposes shall not exceed forty cents

on every one hundred dollars worth of taxable prop-

erty in any one year, which taxes shall be collected

and paid to said commissioners by such person or

persons as the said commissioners, or a majority of

them, may see fit to appoint, who may enforce the

payment of said town taxes in the same manner and

with like effect as collectors of State and county

taxes may enforce the payment of State and county

taxes; and the said commissioners shall fix the term

Compensation
of collectors.

of office, amount of bond and compensation of such

collector or collectors.

SEC. 17. And be it enacted, That if on opening or

laying out any new street, lane or alley, the said

commissioners cannot agree with the owner or own-

ers of any land or property wanted for the purpose,

for the purchase, use or occupation of the same, or

if the owner be a feme covert, under age, non compos

mentis, or out of Cecil county, application may be

made to any justice of the peace for said county,

who shall thereupon issue his warrant under his

hand and seal directed to the sheriff of said county,

Summon jury.

requiring him to summon a jury of twenty inhabi-

tants of said county (males twenty-five years of age

and upwards) not related to the parties or in any-

wise interested, to meet on the land or near to the

property to be valued, on a day to be named in the

warrant, not less than ten nor more than twenty

days after the issuing of the same.

SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That if at the said

time and place, any of the jurors summoned do not

attend, the sheriff shall immediately summon as

many jurors as shall be necessary, with the jurors

in attendance, to furnish a panel of twenty jurors,

and from them each party, or his agent, or if either

be not present in person or by agent, the sheriff for

Strike off.

him, may strike off four jurors, and the remaining

twelve shall act as a jury of inquest of damages.

SEC. ly. And be it enacted, That the sheriff shall,

before the jury proceed to act, administer to each an

Administer

oath that he will justly and impartially value dam-

oath.

ages which the owner will sustain by the use or

occupation of his property for the uses hereinbefore

named.