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SBC. 4. And be it enacted, That in case the said
School Commissioners shall not be able to agree
with the owner or owners of any piece or parcel
of land, which may be designated as a site or lo-
cation for a Public School House, in any one of
the school districts authorised to be laid off by
this act, as to the price or compensation for said
piece or parcel of land; or in case the owner should
be a feme covert, or non compos, or an infant or out
of the State or county, the said School Commis-
sioners or any person authorised by them for that
purpose, may apply to a justice of the peace of the
election district, in which such piece or parcel of
land may lie, for a warrant directed to the sheriff
of the county, commanding him to summon twenty
disinterested persons qualified to serve as jurors
in the Circuit Court for the county, to meet on the
premises, which are to be valued, on some certain
day to be named in said warrant, of which war-
rant and the day named therein for the meeting
of the jury, twenty days notice shall be given pre-
vious to such day, by the School Commissioners
of Baltimore county, to every owner or person
interested as aforesaid, or to his or her guardian
or husband, as the case may be, and if the parties
or owners reside out of the State, or are unknown,
such notice shall bo published in one newspaper
of the county aforesaid, for four weeks, prior to
the day of meeting of the jury; and from the list
of jurors so returned and attending, it may be
lawful for the owner of the land to strike four,
and for the said School Commissioners to strike
four, so that the number of jurors be reduced to
twelve, and in case either party shall neglect or
refuse to strike off the names of jurors, then it
shall be the duty of the sheriff or his deputy, who
shall attend upon the premises to be condemned,
to strike off the jurors for the party or parties so
refusing or neglecting, so that the number of ju-
rors be reduced to twelve as aforesaid; and before
the said jury act as such, the sheriff or his deputy
shall administer to each of them an oath or affir-
mation, as the case may be, that he will justly
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