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application to a Justice of the Peace of Baltimore
county, he shall issue his warrant under his hand
and seal, directed to the sheriff of said county, re-
quiring him to summon a jury of twenty men,
inhabitants of the county, and each party shall he
entitled to strike from said list the names of four
jurors, and in case the owners of said lands,
earth, timber or other material, so to be condemn-
ed shall be a minor, non compos mentis, feme covert,
or non-resident of the State, and not represented
by an agent, attorney or trustee, it shall be
the duty of the said sheriff to strike from said
list the names of four persons, so as to leave
the panel of twelve jurors not related to either
of the parties or otherwise interested in the pre-
mises, to meet on the land to be valued on a day to
be specified in said warrant, not less than five
or more than ten days after issuing the same, and
in case any of the jurors aforesaid do not attend,
the sheriff shall instanter summon as many jurors
as may be necessary with the jurors in attendance,
to furnish a panel of twenty jurors as aforesaid,
who shall act in the premises, and the sheriff shall
administer to each of them an oath or affirmation
as the case may be, that he will justly and impar-
tially value the damages and benefits which the
owner or owners of said lands will sustain by use
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Witnesses.
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or occupation of the same by the company; if
required by the party or parties whose lands are to
be affected by their proceedings or by the said
Railroad Company or their agent or agents, the
jurors shall cause to be summoned such witnesses
as the parties may require, and shall examine
them on oath or affirmation in relation to the
value of the property to be condemned, and they
shall reduce the testimony, if any is taken by them,
to writing, and after the testimony is closed, and
without any unnecessary delay, and after having
made a fair and just comparison of advantage and
disadvantage arising from the said Railroad, they
shall estimate and determine whether any and
if any, what amount of damage has been or may
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Inquisition to
be filed.
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be sustained by the said owner or owners respec-
tively, and make report thereof accordingly; and
the said jury shall reduce their inquisition to
writing, shall sign and seal the same, and it shall
then be returned by the said Sheriff to the Clerk
of the Circuit Court of said County, and by him
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