EMERSON C. HARRINGTON,, GOVERNOR. 1277

thereupon issue his warrant, under his hand,. directed to the,
Sheriff of the County, requiring him to summon a jury of
twenty inhabitants of the County not related to the party or
parties, or in any wise interested, to meet on the land, or near
to the property to be valued, on a day to be named in the war-
rant, not less than ten nor more than twenty days after issuing
the same. If at the same time and place any of the jurors are
unable to attend by illness the Sheriff shall immediately sum-
mon as many jurors as shall be necessary, with the jurors in
attendance, to finish a panel of twenty jurors, and from them
each party, or his, her, their or its agent or attorney, or if
either be not present, in person, or by agent, or attorney, the
Sheriff, for such party, may strike off four jurors and the oppo-
site party may strike off four jurors, and if in striking the
jurors there shall still remain more than twelve jurors, "the
Sheriff shall then strike until there shall not be more than
twelve jurors and from said jurors the Sheriff shall select a
foreman. Before the jury shall proceed to act, the Sheriff shall
administer to each juror an oath that he will justly and impar-
tially value the damages which the owner or owners will sus-
tain by the use or occupation of his property for the purpose
aforesaid. The jury in estimating the damages shall take into
consideration the benefit or benefits resulting to the owner or
owners from opening, laying out, straightening, widening or
diminishing or draining said street, lane or alley, through, along
or near to the property of said owner, or the acquisition of
property for town purposes, or the benefit or benefits to other
land or lands of the owner or owners that may accrue but only
in the extinguishment of his, her or its claim for damages; and
the jury shall reduce its inquisition to writing, and shall sign
the same, and it shall then be returned by the Sheriff to the
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Cecil County, -and shall be con-
firmed by said Court at the next regular term thereof, if no
sufficient cause to the contrary be shown, whether on account
of insufficiency or damages or otherwise, and when confirmed,
it shall be recorded by said Clerk at the expense of the town.
If said inquisition be set aside, the Court shall direct another
to be taken in the same manner as the first.

SEC. 83J. And be it enacted, That every inquisition shall
describe the property taken or the bounds of the land condemn-
ed, and the quantity or duration of the interest in the same
therein valued; and such valuation, when paid or tendered to
the owner or owners of the property, or his legal representa-