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CHAP. 284
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promotion of the morality, health, convenience and safety of
the inhabitants of said town; and for the opening, widening,
extending, repairing, improving and closing up of streets,
lanes and alleys of said town; and all damage done and all
benefits received by the opening, closing extending, widen-
ing or improving said streets, lanes or alleys, or for the
laying of any sewers or the opening of any drains over pri-
vate property, shall be determined and assessed by three
disinterested persons, residents of said town, to be appointed
by said commissioners, who shall within a reasonable time
after the notification of their appointment, take an oath
before a justice of the peace or notary public for Caroline
county that they will faithfully, fairly, and without par-
tiality or prejudice, value or assess in money the loss and
damage to be suffered and incurred, as well as benefits to be
received by any person interested in the property over,
through and near said street, lane alley, sewer or drain to be
opened, closed, extended, widened or improved, and they
shall return the same in writing, under their hands and
seals, with a certificate of their qualification, before a
justice of the peace or notary public as aforesaid to the
said commissioners, which said valuation and assessment
shall be ratified or rejected by the said commissioners,
as they in their judgment may deem 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 or in any manner relating to the same, he may
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Appeal may be
taken.
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appeal within sixty days after said ratification to the Circuit
Court for Caroline county, and either party shall be entitled
to a trial by jury, and the judgment of 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 commissioners for the same in writing, and in twenty
days thereafter cause to be delivered to the clerk of the
Circuit Court aforesaid a copy of said award filed with said
commissioners, together with a copy of the order of the said
commissioners ratifying or rejecting the same, and all other
papers relating thereto, and the said corporation shall be
liable for and tender any damages thus assessed and deter-
mined to the persons entitled, or if rejected, hold the same
to his credit and for his use; and the said commissioners
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