ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

prove the street, or alley, square, drain or water-
way, so directed to be laid out, opened, extended,
closed up, widened, straightened, graded or im-
proved, and of the day, hour, and place of meet-

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ing, 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 damaged, will be caused
thereby, for which the owner or occupant of any
right or interest, claimed in any ground or im-
provement, ought to be compensated, over and
above the amount in value of benefit which will
thereby accrue to such owner or occupant there-
of, 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 im-
provements made, or any other property, or to
the owner, or occupant thereof, and which the
said lot or parcel of ground, or the owner or

Where to meet

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 benefits, and they shall, within ten
days, return to the mayor and council such map,
together with the amounts of damages awarded
to such'owners or occupants, and the amount of
benefits assessed to any lot or parcel of ground,
or the owner thereof, together with a certificate
of their qualification, which may be ratified or
rejected, or altered and amended, in whole or in

What to locate

part, by said mayor and council ; provided that
the mayor and council shall give ten days' notice
at least by publication in one of the county
papers published in Salisbury, or by ten days'
notice at least in writing to each property owner
so interested, of the time set for final action on
return of said examiners, and said mayor and
council shall act on said return within twenty
days after expiration of said notice, and may
issue a new commission as in their judgment,
may seem proper ; and before actually proceeding
to open, widen, extend, straighten, or close any

Notice re-
quired.