ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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ten days from the date of the warrant of the
commissioners, of which day of meeting the
owner shall have notice from the sheriff; and
having been sworn by the sheriff, without parti-
ality or prejudice to value the land and
damages sustained by the owner by such con-
demnation, according to their best skill and
judgment, shall proceed to make such valuation.
SEC. 21. And be it enacted, That the jury in
estimating the damages shall take into consid-

Owner to be
notified.

eration the value of the property condemned,
the injury to other property, and the benefits to
be derived from the improvements ; the sheriff
shall return the inquisition under his hand and
seal, and hands and seals of the jury, to the
commissioners to be recorded among the land
records of Charles county ; and the said con-
demnation shall, upon payment or tender to the
owner of the said land condemned of the dam-
ages assessed by the inquisition, vest the prop-
erty condemned in the commissioners, but the
said property shall in no way be disturbed until
the damages assessed shall have been paid or
tendered.
SEC. 22. And be it enacted, That the justice or
justices of the peace for the time being holding

Duty of the
jury.

office in the district in or which said village is
situate shall act as judge or judges of the first
election to be held under this act. who shall
keep the polls open in the afternoon at such
place as he or they may select in said village,
from four to six o'clock, and shall within twenty-
four hours after closing the polls notify in writ-
ing the five persons having the greatest number
of votes that they have been elected commis-
sioners of the village of Port Tobacco; and the
said commissioners so notified shall thereupon
meet and qualify, as directed by this act, and
take control and management of the village ;
all subsequent elections to be provided for and
regulated by the by-laws of the corporation.
SEC. 23. And be it enacted, That every com-

Shall act as
judges of elec-
tion.

missioner elected, before he shall proceed to ex-
ecute the duties of his office, shall take an oath
before some justice of the peace of the county
that he will diligently and faithfully, according
to the best of his judgment, perform the duties
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Shall take
oath.