1852 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 935

published in the City of Havre de Grace requiring them to
appear in the said Court and defend their interest on or be-
fore some day to be named in the order, which day shall be
not less than six weeks nor more than eight weeks from the
day of the signing of the said order. Upon the return of the
said summons or upon the expiration of the time prescribed in
said order of publication, or upon the appearance of the
owner or owners, or supposed owner or owners of said prop-
erty, the Court shall hear and determine any reasons that
may be alleged why said property should not be lawfully
condemned for the purpose set forth, and if it appears to the
Court that any such owner or reputed owners are under any
legal disability to make his, her or their defense, the Court
shall either authorize their duly constituted guardian or com-
mittee to appear and defend for them, or shall appoint some
suitable person as guardian ad litem for them to appear
in their name and defend their rights; if the Court shall de-
termine that the property is not subject to condemnation at
all, it shall quash the petition; if it shall determine that the
proceedings are void for want of a proper notice or sum-
mons, which has not been cured by the appearance of the
owners or reputed owners of the property, it shall order a re-
summons or a re-publication of the order or notice; the Court
shall at any time have power to permit any amendments in
matters of form; if there be no objection to the condemnation
of the said property, or if the Court shall decide against the
validity of any such objection as may be alleged, it shall order
and adjudge that such property be subject to condemnation,
and shall appoint as appraisers three inhabitants of the City
of Havre de Grace, not City office-holders, not in anywise in-
terested in the property to be condemned nor related to the
owner or owners thereof, each of whom shall, before acting,
take oath before the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Harford
County or before any officer authorized to take affidavits, that
he will justly and impartially value the property described in
the aforesaid petition and the interests of the several owners
thereof, and as soon as convenient may assess the value of the
property, or the interest or estate therein sought to be con-
demned, and apportion the same among the various owners
thereof, according to the values of their respective interests,
and return to the Circuit Court for Harford County their
award of the value of the said property and of the respective
interest of the several owners thereof under their hands and
seals and shall give notice by advertisement for four succes-
sive weeks in one or more of the papers published in Havre de
Grace that such award has been returned to the Circuit Court
for Harford County, and that all persons having an interest
therein may show cause, if any they have, why the same