WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That the jury in esti-

mating the damages shall take into estimate the

Estimate ben-

benefit resulting to the owner from opening and

efit.

laying out said streets, lanes or alleys, through, along

or near to the property of said owner, but only to

the extinguishment of the claim for damages; and

the jury shall reduce their inquisition to writing,

and shall sign and seal the same; and it shall then

be returned by the sheriff to the clerk of the Cir-

cuit Court for Cecil county, and shall be confirmed

by the said court at its next session, if no sufiicient

cause to the contrary be shown; and when confirmed

Clerk shall

shall be recorded by said clerk at the expense of

record.

said commissioners.

SEC. 21. And be it enacted, That if said inquisi-

tion be set aside by the Circuit Court for Cecil

Another to be
taken.

county, the said court may direct another to be

taken in the same manner as the first.

SEC. 22. And be it enacted, That every inquisition

shall describe the property taken or the bounds of

the land condemned, and the quantity or duration

Describe prop-
erty.

of the interest of the same therein valued, and such

valuation when paid or tendered to the owner of

the property, or his legal representatives, shall en-

title the said commissioners to the estate, use and

interest in the same so valued, for the purposes

aforesaid, as fully as if the same had been conveyed

by the owner; and the valuation from the said com-

missioners when tendered may at any time there-

after be received without costs by the owner or his

legal representatives.

SEC. 23. And be it enacted, That the said com-

missioners, or a majority of them, shall once in every

five years, or oftener, if they think proper, appoint

Appoint an
assessor.

an assessor, who shall, under oath, value the property

in said town in the same manner and with like

authority as county assessors.

SEC. 24. And be it enacted, That if any owner

of property assessed within said town shall feel

aggrieved by the assessment so made, he may appeal

Right to ap-
peal.

to the said commissioners, who may make such

deduction from the valuation of his property as they

may deem reasonable and just.

SEC. 25. And be it enacted, That the said com-

Appoint a

missioners, or a majority of them, shall have full

bailiff.

power and authority, annually, to appoint a bailiff,