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square, drain or water-way is to be opened, closed, extended,
widened, graded or improved, or any property adjacent thereto, :
or any other property injured or benefited by said street, alley,
square, drain or water-way; they shall give at least ten days'
notice in some newspaper published in Worcester county, or
by handbills written or printed, posted in said town, of their
purpose to lay out, open, extend, close up, widen, straighten,
grade or improve the street or alley, square, drain or water-
way so directed to be laid out, opened, extended, closed up,
widened, straightened, graded or improved, and of the day,
hour and place of meeting for the said purpose; and they shall
meet at the time and place mentioned in the notice given by
them, and proceed to exercise the powers and perform the duty
assigned to and required of them, and to ascertain whether any
and what amount in value of damages will be caused thereby,
for which the owner or occupant of any right or interest, claim
in any ground or improvement ought to be compensated, over
and above the amount in value of benefit which will thereby
accrue to such owner or occupant thereof, and ascertain what
amount in value of benefit will thereby accrue to any lot or
parcel of ground by or through which the same may pass or
improvements made, or any other property, or to the owner or
occupant thereof, and which the said lot or parcel of ground or
the owner or occupant thereof ought to pay. They shall locate
boundaries and prepare an explanatory map, giving a descrip-
tion of the street or alley opened, closed, extended, widened,
straightened or improved with each separate lot or parcel of
ground deemed to have sustained damages, or received benefits,
and they shall within ten days return to the Mayor and Council
such map, together with the amounts of damages awarded to such
owner or occupants, and the amount of benefits assessed to any lot
or parcel of ground or the owner thereof, together with the certi-
ficate of their qualification, which may be ratified or rejected,
or altered and amended, in whole or in part, by said Mayor or
Council; provided, that the Mayor and Council shall give ten
days' notice, at least, by publication in some newspaper pub-
lished in Worcester county, or by ten days' notice, at least, in
writing, to each property owner so interested, of the time set
for final action or return of said examiners, and said Mayor and
Council shall act on said return within twenty days after expi-
ration of said notice, and may issue a new commission, as in
their judgment may seem proper; and before actually proceed-
ing to open, widen, extend or close any such street or alley the
Mayor and Council shall pay or tender to the person, his agent,
guardian or representative, the amount of damages so awarded ;
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