EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR,

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residents of said town, to be appointed by said commis-
sioners, who shall, within a reasonable time after notifica-
tion of their appointment, take an oath before a justice of
the peace for Caroline county that they will faithfully, fairly
and without partiality or prejudice value and assess in
money the loss and damages to be suffered and incurred as
well as benefits to be received by any person or persons
interested in the property over, through or which the said
street, lane or alley is to be opened, closed, extended, widened
or improved; and they shall return the same in writing
under their hand and seals with a certificate of their qualifi-
cation before a justice of the peace, as hereinbefore pro-
vided, to the said commissioners, which said valuation and
assessment shall be ratified or rejected by the said commis-
sioners as in their judgment shall seem proper; and if any
person shall feel aggrieved by the determination of the said
commissioners in ratifying or rejecting said award or return,
or in the amount of compensation awarded, benefits assessed

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or in any matter relating to the same, he may appeal within
sixty days of said ratification to the Circuit Court for Caro-
line county, and either party may be entitled to a trial by
jury and the judgment of the said court shall be final among
the parties to such appeal; provided, that the person taking
such appeal shall within ten days apply to said commis-
sioners for the same in writing, and within twenty days
thereof shall cause to be delivered to the clerk of the Circuit
Court aforesaid a copy of the said award filed with the said
commissioners, together with a copy of the order of said
commissioners, ratifying or rejecting the same, and all other
papers relating thereto; and the said corporation shall be
liable for and tender the damages thus assessed and deter-
mined to the persons entitled, or if rejected to hold the same

Appeal may be
taken.

to his credit or for his use; and the said commissioners
shall have full power to assess and levy either generally on
the whole assessable property of said town, or especially
upon the property of persons so assessed to be benefited
thereby, the whole or any part of the amount of damages
and expenses that they shall ascertain will be incurred in
locating, opening, extending, widening, straightening or clos-
ing up the whole or any part of any street, lane or alley in
said town, and to collect the same in the manner hereinbe-
fore provided for the collection of the general tax levy.

Assessment
made for
damages and
expenses.