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days after notice of their appointment, take an oath before a
justice of the peace of Wicomico county that they will faith-
fully, fully and fairly, and without partiality or prejudice,
value and assess the costs and damages to be suffered and
incurred by any person in the said property, over, through and
by which the said road, drain, waterway or landings is to be
opened, closed, extended, widened, graded or improved, and
also to estimate the benefits that may accrue therefrom to any
such property, over, through and by which the said road,
drains, waterway or landings is to be opened, closed, extended,
widened, graded or improved, or any property adjacent thereto,
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CHAP. 628.
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or any other property injured or benefited by said road, drain,
water-course or landing; they shall give at least fifteen days'
notice in one or more newspapers published in Wicomico
county of their purpose to lay out, open, extend, close up,
widen, straighten, grade or improve the road drain, waterway
or landing 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 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 rights or interest
claimed in any ground or improvement ought to be compen-
sated over and above the amount in value of benefits which will
thereby accrue to said owner or occupant thereof and ascertain
what amount in value of benefits 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 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 description
of the road opened, closed, extended, widened, straightened
or drain, water-course or landing, with each separate lot or
parcel of ground, deemed to have sustained damages or
received benefits, and they shall within twenty days return to
the County Commissioners such map, together with the
amount of damages awarded such owners or occupants and
the amount of benefits assessed to any lot or parcel of ground
or the owner thereof, together with a certificate of their quali-
fication, which may be ratified or rejected or allowed, and
amended in whole or in part by said County Commissioners ;
provided, that the County Commissioners shall give ten days'
notice at least by publication in one newspaper published in
Wicomico county, or by ten days' notice at least in writing, to
each property owner so interested, of the time set for final
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Notice to be
given of
purpose to
lay out, open,
etc., the
road drain,
waterway
etc.
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