E. LOUIS LOWE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1852.

he will justly and impartially value the damages which
the owner or owners will sustain by the use or occupa-
tion of the same, required by the company; and the
said jury shall reduce their inquisition to writing, and
shall sign and seal the same, and it shall then be return-
ed by said sheriff to the clerk of the Circuit Court of
his county, or the clerk of the Superior Court of Balti-
more city, as the case may be, and by such clerk filed
in his court, and shall be confirmed by said court at its
next session, if no sufficient cause to the contrary be
shown; and when confirmed, shall be recorded by said
clerk at the expense of said company, but if set aside,
the said court may direct another inquisition, to be
taken in the manner above prescribed; and such in-
quisition shall describe the property taken, or the bounds

of the land 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 said property, or his, her, or their legal re-
presentatives, shall entitle the said company to the estate
and interest in the same thus valued, as fully as if it had
been conveyed by the owner or owners of the same;
and the valuation, if not received when tendered, may
at any time thereafter, be received from the said com-
pany, without costs by the said owner or owners, or
his, her or their legal representative or representatives;

CHAP. 322.

Provided, that nothing contained in this act shall be
construed, to authorize the company incorporated under
this act, to take or use private property, without just
compensation, as agreed upon between the owner or
owners of such properly, or awarded by a jury, first paid
or tendered to the party or parties entitled to such com-
pensation.

Proviso.

SEC. 22. And be it enacted, That the citizens of
this State or any company now or hereafter to be in-
corporated under the authority of this act, shall have
full right and privilege to connect with the rail road
or rail roads hereby provided for, any other rail road,
if in the opinion and judgment of any three of the
commissioners of the county, for the time being,
passed upon hearing of all parties interested, no in-
jury would be done by such connection to the mil
road of said corporation, and the said company shall be
authorised to charge any citizen or citizens, or company
or companies so connecting, when using their own
cars, at a rate not exceeding two cents per ton per mile,
on all coal or other articles, that may be so transported
on the railroad or rail roads of any company, from any
point on said rail road to the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal, or the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road, or other

Right to con-
nect with rail
road.