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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 21. And be it enacted, That if at the
said time and place, any of the Jurors sum-
moned do not attend, the Sheriff shall imme-
diately summon as many Jurors as shall be

May challenge.

necessary, with the Jurors in attendance, to-
furnish a panel of twenty Jurors, and from
such panel, each party, or his agent, or if either
be not present in person, or by agent, the
Sheriff, for him, may strike off four Jurors
and the remaining twelve shall act as Jury of
Inquest of damages.

Oath.

SEC. 22. And be it enacted, That the Sheriff
shall, before the Jury proceed to act, adminis-
ter to each an oath, that he will justly and
impartially value damages which the owner
will sustain by the use or occupation of his,
property for the uses hereinbefore mentioned.

SEC. 23. And be it enacted, That the Jury, in
estimating the damages, shall take into con-
sideration the benefits resulting to the owner
from opening and laying out said streets, lanes

Estimate of
damages.

or alleys, through, along or near to the prop-
erty of said owner, and the Jury shall reduce
their investigation to writing, and shall sign
and seal the same, and it shall then be re-
turned by the Sheriff to the Clerk of the Cir-
cuit Court for Calvert county, and shall be
confirmed by the said Court at its next session,
if no sufficient cause to the contrary be shown,
and when confirmed shall be recorded by said
Clerk at the expense of said Commissioners.

May be set
aside.

SEC. 24. And be it enacted, That if said in-
quisition be set aside by the Circuit Court for
Calvert county, the said Court may direct
another to be taken in the same manner as
the first.

SEC. 25. And be it enacted, That every in-
quisition shall describe the property taken, or
the bounds of the land condemned, and the
quantity or duration of the interest of the
same therein valued, and such valuation when