A. W. BRADFORD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

ner will sustain by 'the use or occupation of the
property required by the said corporation.

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Sec. 11. Be it enacted, That the jury shall sum-
mon such witnesses as the parties may require,
and examine then) on oath in relation to the value
of the property to be condemned, and they shall
reduce the testimony, if any is taken by them, to
writing, and after the testimony is closed, and
without any unnecessary delay, and before pro-
ceeding to the examination of any other claim,
they shall ascertain and determine the compensa-
tion which ought to be made by said corporation
to the party owning or being interested in the
property to be condemned.

Jury to sum-
mon witnesses.

Sec. 12. Be it enacted, That the jury shall re-
duce 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
Allegany county, and shall be filed by the said
Clerk in said court.

Inquisition
to be filed.

Sec. 13. Be it enacted, That the said inquisition

shall be confirmed by the said court, if no sufficient
cause to the contrary be shown, and when confirm-
ed shall be recorded by said clerk at the expense
of the corporation..

To be record-

ed.

Sec. 14. Be it enacted, That if the said inquisi-
tion be set aside, the said court may direct another
inquisition in the manner hereinafter prescribed.

If set aside,
court may di-
rect another
inquisition.

Sec. 15. Be it enacted, That every such inquisi-
tion shall describe the property taken, and the
bounds of the land condemned, and the quantity
or duration of the interest. in the same condemned
for the corporation, and such valuation when paid
or tendered to the owner of said property, or his
attorney, shall entitle said corporation to the es-
tate and property so valued as fully as if the same
had been conveyed by the owner thereof.

Title to be
valid.

Sec. 16. Be it enacted, That if any person shall
wilfully pollute said water by throwing any dead
animal or other impure substance into the same,
or by swimming, bathing, or washing themselves,
or by washing clothes or the skins of dead ani-
mals, or any other impure things therein, or by
erecting any necessary or other nuisance so near
the said water as to pollute the same, he shall for-

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Penalty for
polluting wa-
ter.