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moned do not attend, the sheriff shall immediately
summon as many persons similarly qualified, as to-
gether with those in attendance, will furnish a
panel of twenty jurors in attendance, and from that
panel each party, his, her, its or their agents or
attorneys, or if either party be not present in per-
son or by agent, the sheriff for him, her or them may
strike off four persons, and the remaining twelve
shall act as the jury of the inquest of damages, and
to each before he acts as such juror, the sheriff shall
administer an oath or affirmation, that he will justly
and impartially value the damages which the owner
or owners will sustain by the use or occupation of
the same required by the Merchants7 Hotel Com-
pany of Baltimore city, and the said jury shall re-
duce their inquisition to writing, and sign and seal
the same, and it shall be returned by the sheriff to
the clerk of the Circuit court of Baltimore city, and
be filed by said clerk in his office, and shall be con-
firmed by the said court at its next term or session, if
no sufficient cause to the contrary shown, and when
confirmed shall be recorded by said clerk at the ex-
pense of the said company, but if the same be set
aside, the said court shall direct another inquisition
to be taken in the manner above prescribed, and
the inquisition shall in all cases describe the pro-
perty taken or the bounds of the lands condemned,
and the quantity or duration of the interest in the
same valued for the company, and such valuation
when paid or tendered to the owner or owners of
the property his, her or their legal representatives,
shall entitle the said company to the estate and in-
terest in the same thus valued, as if it had been
legally conveyed by the owner or owners of the
same, and the valuation, if not received when ten-
dered may at any time thereafter be received with-
out costs from the said Merchants' Hotel Company
of Baltimore city, by the owner or owners, or his or
her or their legal representatives.
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Powers vest-
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SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the president and
directors shall provide for declaring dividends, for
the forfeiture of stock when instalments are not paid
when due, to call for monthly or other instalments
from time to time of the capital stock subscribed,
after giving public notice thereof of not less than
thirty days, to apply the funds so received and all
other funds belonging to the company to effect the
object aforesaid to provide and prescribe the man-
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