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in relation to the value of the property to be con-
demned, and they shall reduce the testimony, if
any is taken by them, to writing, and after the
testimony is closed and without unnecessary delay,
and after having made a fair and just comparison
of the advantages and disadvantages arising from
the said railroad, they shall estimate and deter-
mine whether any, and if any, what amount of
damages has been or may be sustained by the
said owner or owners respectively, and make re-
port thereof accordingly; and the said jury shall
reduce their inquisition to writing, shall sign and
seal the same, and it shall then be returned by
the said Sheriff to the Clerk of the Circuit Court
of his county, 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; but if set aside the said court may di-
rect another inquisition to take place in the man-
ner before described, whose decision shall be re-
turned as before directed; and such valuation
when paid or tendered to the owner or owners of
said property, or his, her or their legal represen-
tatives, 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 said valuation if not
received when tendered, may at any time there-
after be received from the said company by the
said owner or owners, his, her or their legal rep-
resentatives.
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Not to obstruct
public or pri-
vate roads.
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SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That whenever in
the construction of said road or roads it shall be
necessary to cross or intersect any established
road or way, either public or private, it shall be
the duty of said president and directors of the
said company so to construct the said railroad
across such established road or way as not to
impede the passage or transportation of persons
or property along the same, or when it shall be
necessary to pass through the lands of any indi-
vidual, it shall also be their duty to provide for
such individuals proper wagon ways across said
road or roads from one part of his land to the
other, and whenever any road or roads may
hereafter be authorised to be made by the Legis-
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