EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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will sustain by the use or occupation of the property for the
uses hereinafter mentioned; that the jury, in estimating the
damages, shall take into consideration the benefits resulting
to the owner from the opening and laying out of said streets
and alleys, through, along or near to the property of the
said owner; and the jury shall reduce their inquisition to
writing, and shall sign and seal the same, and it shall then
be returned by the sheriff to the clerk of the Circuit Court
for Kent 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 the said commissioners; and if the said
inquisition shall be set aside by the Circuit Court for Kent
County the said court may direct another to be taken in the
same manner as the first. That every inquisition shall
describe the property taken or the bounds of the land con-

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demned, and the quantity or duration of the interest of the
same therein valued, and such valuation, when paid or
tendered to the owner or owners of the property taken, or his
legal representatives, shall entitle the said commissioners to
the estates, use and interest in the same so valued for the
purpose aforesaid, as fully as if the same had been conveyed
by the owner or his legal representatives.
SEC. 21. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners

Description of
property
given.

shall have the power to license and regulate the sweeping of
chimneys, and fix the rates thereof; to regulate the sweep-
ing of any chimney by neglect of which the said town may
be endangered.
SEC. 22. And be it enacted, That the commissioners shall

Regulate the
sweeping of
chimneys.

have the power to enact ordinances for the prevention of
cruelty to animals, and fix the penalties for the violation
thereof not inconsistent with the laws of this State.
SEC. 23. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners

Protect
animals.

shall have the power to establish regulations for the preven-
tion and extinguishment of fires, to appoint firemen and
appoint, organize and equip fire companies, and to fix the
penalties for the violation of any fire regulation.
SEC. 24. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners

Begulate the
extinguish-
ment of fires.

shall have the power to pass ordinances to preserve the:
health of the said town, to prevent and remove nuisances,
to prevent the introduction of contagious or infectious
diseases within the said town, and within two miles of the

Pass ordi-
nances to
preserve the
health of
town.