WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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the United States Advisory Board, under the pro-

visions of the act of eighteen hundred and seventy-

six, chapter one hundred and ninety-five.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if the

said Mayor and City Council of Baltimore cannot

agree with the said owner or owners, or if there be

any incapacity or disability on the part of the

said owner or owners, to contract, or if such owner

or owners shall be absent, out of the State or

unknown, application may be made by the said

Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to any jus-

tice of the peace of Baltimore county, who shall

thereupon issue his warrant to the sheriff of said

county, directing him to summon a jury of twenty

Summon jury.

inhabitants thereof not related to the owner or

owners of the said wharf property nor in any wise

interested therein, to meet on the premises to be

valued on a day named in said warrant, of which

warrant and the day therein named for the meeting

of the jury, five days' notice shall be given previous

to such day by the said Mayor and City Council to

the owner or owners of said property, or if any such

owner be feme covert, or under twenty-one years of

age, or non compos mentis, then to her husband or

to the guardian or committee of such infant or

lunatic, or in either case, left at his or her place of

abode, or if out of the State or unknown, such notice

shall be published in one or more of the daily papers

Publish no-
tice.

of Baltimore city for five days; and, if at the time

and place named any of said jurors summoned do

not attend, the said sheriff shall immediately summon

as many jurors as may be necessary to make a panel

of twenty jurors as aforesaid, and from them the

said Mayor and City Council, and the said owner or

owners, or the agents of either, shall strike four, so

that the number of jurors shall be reduced to twelve,

Number of

and in case either party shall neglect or refuse so to

jurors.

strike, then it shall be the duty of the sheriflf, or his

deputy, to strike for the party so neglecting or

refusing to strike, and in either case the remaining

twelve shall act as a jury of inquest, to value and

assess the sum or sums of money to be paid by the

said Mayor and City Council of Baltimore for the

said portion of the wharf or pier so required for the

improvement of the navigation of the harbor of Bal-

timore; but before they act as such jury of inquest,