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thence through the lands of Francis Laurenson,
thence through the lands of Thos. H. Moore, thence
through the lands of Francis Laurenson, thence
through the lands of Charles Thomas, thence
through the lands of Robert M. Dennison, thence
through the lands of Oliver P. McGill, thence
through the lands of George B. Milligan, thence
on the bed of an old road until it intersects
the county road from Brooklandville to Green
Springs.
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Mode of pro-
ceeding in a
condemnation.
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SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That the president
and managers of said company may agree with
the owners of land for the purchase and occupa-
tion of the land required for said road, and also
for the purchase of stone, gravel, earth or timber
required in the construction thereof, and in all
cases where they are unable to agree with such
owner or owners, or where he or they shall be a
feme covert, infant or non compos mentis, the said
president upon giving notice in writing of not less
than twenty days to the parties interested, may
apply to a justice of the peace of Baltimore coun-
ty, who shall thereupon issue his warrant to the
sheriff of said county, commanding him to sum-
mon twenty disinterested persons, qualified to act
as jurors in the Circuit Court of Baltimore county,
to meet upon the land, and after four of the jurors
so summoned are stricken oil the panel by the
president of said company or his agent, and lour
others by the person or persons interested in said
land, or his or her agent, or in the absence or
refusal to strike off by such persons or their
agents, four to be stricken off by the said sheriff,
the sheriff shall qualify the twelve remaining
jurors either by oath or affirmation as the case
may be, justly, truly and impartially to value the
damages, which may be sustained by the owner
or owners of said land or material required by
said company, and the said jury in estimating
the damages aforesaid, supposed to be sustained
by the owner or owners of the land required for
the construction of said road, shall take into the
estimate the benefit resulting to the said owner or
owners for conducting said road through or along
the land of such owner or owners, but only in
extinguishment of the claim for damages, and the
said jury shall reduce their verdict, to writing, in
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