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improvements on any lot, can be taken without destroying the
whole of said lot or said improvements for the purpose for
which said lot or improvements are used, or for building pur-
poses, then said Commissioners shall only condemn such part
of said whole lot, or improvements, as is necessary for the pro-
posed object, and shall award to the owner or owners of the
part of the lot, or improvements so taken, such damages, and
assess upon the remainder thereof such benefits as in their
judgment shall be right and proper. And provided further, that
in all cases where there are sheds or other obstructions lying
and being in the beds of streets, lanes, roads or alleys, in process
of opening or widening, where the same will not, in the judg-
ment of the said Commissioners, sell at public auction, for the
amount of the expenses of said sale, then the said Commission-
ers are hereby authorized to sell the same at private sale.

177. As soon as the Commissioners aforesaid shall have
completed the valuation of damages to be ascertained by them
as directed by this Article, they shall cause a statement thereof
to be made out for the inspection of all persons desiring infor-
mation of its contents, and such statement, together with an
explanatory map or maps, shall contain a description of each
separate lot or parcel of ground deemed to have sustained
damages, its dimensions, the name of the street, lane or alley on
which it bounds, the names of all persons supposed to have any
estate or interest in it, and the amount of damages as valued
by the Commissioners ; and if there be any house or other im-
provements on it, necessary to be removed, in whole or in part,
such description thereof as the Commissioners shall deem nec-
essary ; and in like manner a description of each parcel of
ground deemed by the Commissioners to be benefited, the
name or names of such person'or persons as may be supposed
to have any estate or interest therein, and the amount assessed
thereon for benefits ; and the said Commissioners shall cause
a notice to be published for four successive days in two daily
newspapers of the City, stating the extent of the ground covered
by the assessment, and that such statement and maps are ready
for the inspection of all persons interested therein ; and that
the Commissioners will meet at their office on a day to be
named in said notice, which shall be within ten days after the