ART. 15.] KENT COUNTY. 891

SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That the said corpora-
tion may erect lamps in any of the streets, lanes or alleys of
said town, and cause the same to be lighted at the public ex-
pense.

SEC. 19. And be it enacted. That the said corporation shall
have the power to establish the limit and width of the streets
of said town and to improve the same, and to remove obstruc-
tions therefrom, and may open new streets, lanes and alleys;
that the said corporation shall have the power to provide for
the payment of damages and expenses of opening, widening
and laying out, grading, improving and keeping in good condi-
tion, the streets, lanes, alleys and sidewalks in said town, and
for the purpose may levy and assess the property adjoining
such improvements to the extent the same may be benefited
thereby; provided, that the property owners may appeal from
their decision in like manner as other similar appeals are taken
to the Circuit Court of Kent county.

SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That if, in opening or laying out
any new street or alley, the said corporation cannot agree with
the owner or owners of any land or property wanted for the
purpose for the purchase, use or occupation of same, or if the
owner is a feme covert, under age or non compos mentis, or
out of Kent county, application may be made to any justice of
the peace for said county, who shall thereupon issue his war-
rant, under his hand and seal, directed to the sheriff of said
county, requiring him to summon a jury of twenty inhabitants
of said county, of legal age, not related to the parties, or in
any wise interested, and from such panel of twenty jurors each
party, or his agent, or if either be not present in person or by
agent, the sheriff for him may strike off four jurors, and the
remaining twelve shall act as a jury of inquest of damages, to
meet on the land or near the property to be valued, on a day
to be named in the warrant, not less than ten or more than
twenty days after the issuing of the same; that the sheriff
shall, before the jury shall proceed to act, administer an oath
to each that he will justly and impartially value the damages
the owners will sustain by the use or occupation of the property
for the uses hereinafter mentioned; that the jury, in estima-
ting the damages, shall take into consideration the benefits re-
sulting to the owner from the opening and laying out of said
streets and alleys, through, along or near to the property of
the said owner, and the jury shall reduce their inquisition to
writing, and shall sign and seal the same, and it shall then be
returned by the sheriff to the clerk of the Circuit Court for
Kent county, and shall be confirmed by the said court at its
next session if not sufficient cause to the contrary be shown,