1836.

LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAP. 74.

Inquisition di-
rected

persons either by oath or affirmation, as the case may
be justly, truly and impartially, to value the damages
which may be sustained by the owner or owners of said
land, and make true inquisition and return of the
amount of damages, taking into consideration the ad
vantages and disadvantages, if any, which may be
sustained by the owner or owners of said land, under
their hands and seals, and the hand and seal of the
sheiiff, to the clerk of Allegany county couit, and un-
less good cause be shown against the said inquisition,
it shall be affirmed By the said county couit, and re-
corded, but if the said inquisition should be set aside,
or if from any cause no inquisition shall be returned to
such court Within a reasonable time, the said court
may, at ifs discretion, as often as may be necessary,
direct another inquisition to be taker; in the manner
above prescribed, and upon every such valuation, the
jury is hereby directed to describe and ascertain the
bounds of the land by them valued, and the quality and

Notice squired

duration of the estate, in the same required By said
company for its use, provided nevertheless, that no such
inquisition shall be taken unless previous notice of the
time and place of taking the same, shall be given to
the person or persons interested in the land's about to
be condemned, by personal service of such notice on
him or them, or by leaving such notice at his or then
place of abode, or by inserting the same foi three suc-

Pronto

cessive weeks rn some newspaper published in Cum
berland, provided, that the said turnpike road shall not
pass through the house, yard, grist mill, or saw mill,
of any person, or any other tenement, or orchard, or

Authority to
make &c

garden
SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That upon the Resident
and Directors paying to the owners of the said land,
the sum so awarded by the jurors aforesaid, as the case
may be, they shall have power to cut, dig and make
the Turnpike road aforesaid, through such land in the
same manner as if the consent of the owner had been
given thereto, and that the said President and Direc-
tors be empowered to erect and make bridges and via-
ducts over all such streams or wafer courses as may
Be thought necessary, for the benefit of said Turnpike
road, so as not to obstruct the free current of said
streams or water courses, nor in such manner as to in-