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Description of
property.
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the inquisitions shall, in all cases, describe the property
taken or the bounds of the land condemned, and the quality
or duration of the interest in the same, valued for the corpo-
ration, and such valuation, when paid or tendered to the
owner or owners of the property, his, her or their legal rep-
resentative shall entitle the said corporation to the estate
and interest in the same thus valued as if it had been
legally conveyed by the owner or owners of the same ;
and the valuation, if not received when tendered, may at
any time thereafter be received without costs from said
company by the owner or owners, his, her or their legal
representatives; and the sheriff shall keep the said jury
together for a reasonable time, until they shall agree upon
and sign and seal the said inquisition; and in case it shall
so happen that the jury cannot agree after being kept together
as aforesaid, the sheriff may, in his discretion, discharge, the
said jury, and without any further warrant from a justice of
the peace shall, within five days thereafter, summon another
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Same proceed-
ings shall be
had until a
verdict shall
be made and
returned.
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Jury of twenty inhabitants, as aforesaid, not upon the former
Jury; and the same proceedings shall be had in all respects
as is hereinbefore provided; and in case of a second or other
disagreement of the jury, the same proceedings shall be had
until a verdict or inquisition shall be made and returned as
aforesaid. The notice of the time and place of the meeting
of the jury of inquisition, given by the corporation to the
owner or owners, shall be served by delivering a copy of the
same to every such owner, if such owner can be found within
this State; and in case the owner be an infant or non compos
mentis, in addition to the service on such owner, a copy of
the notice shall be left with the parent or guardian of the
infant, if there be one within this State, and with the com-
mittee or other person having the care of the person or
estate of the person alleged to be non compos mentis, if any
such committee or other person be found within this State; in
case any owner or person on whom such notice is above
required 'to be served be not found within this State, then
such notice may be served either by delivering a copy thereof
to such owner or person to be served whenever found or by
the publication of the same at least once a week for two
successive weeks in some newspaper published in the county
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