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benefits or damages done, suffered or incurred by the laying
out, opening and making of new streets or alleys, or by alter-
ing, straightening, widening, grading, improving or closing up
in whole or in part any existing street or alley, or laying out of
public squares, drains and water-courses, shall be determined
and assessed by three disinterested persons, residents of said
town, appointed by the mayor and approved by the council,
who shall, within ten days after ratification of their appoint-
ment, take an oath before a justice of the peace of Worcester
county, that they will faithfully and fairly, and without par-
tiality or prejudice, value and assess the loss and damages to be
suffered and incurred by any person or persons interested in
the said property, over, through and by which the said street
or alley, square, drain or waterway 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 street or alley, square,
drain or waterway is to be opened, closed, extended, widened,
graded or improved, or any property adjacent thereto, or any
other property injured or benefited by said street, alley, square,
drain or waterway; they shall give at least ten days' notice in
one or more newspapers published in said town of their pur-
pose to lay out, open, extend, close up, widen, straighten,
grade or improve the street or alley, square, drain or waterway
so directed to be laid out, opened, extended, closed up,
widened, straightened, graded or improved, and the day, hour
and place of meeting for the said purpose, and they 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 right or
interest claimed in any ground or improvement, ought to
be compensated, over and above the amount in value of
benefit which will thereby accrue to such owner or occu-
pant thereof, and ascertain what amount in value of benefit
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 occu-
pant thereof, and which the 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 street or alley opened, closed, extended,
widened, straightened or improved, with each separate lot or
parcel of ground deemed to have sustained damages or received
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