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terest in the land or materials in question, and who are qualified to
serve as jurors in the county court, to meet at the place where said
land or materials may be, on a day in the said warrant to be specified,
not exceeding sixty days after the day of application by the presi-
dent aforesaid; and the said sheriff shall qualify the said persons,
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 the land through which the said road may pass,
or the materials required by said company, in which valuation, the said
jury shall take into consideration the advantages and disadvantages
of the said turnpike to the said owner or owners; and the said ju-
rors shall, after valuing the damages as aforesaid, return under their
hands and seals, to the justices who issued the warrant one copy of
the said valuation, one other copy to the president of the company,
and one other copy to the owner or owners of the said land or ma-
terials, if such owner shall reside in the county where the land lies,
and shall not be under any legal disability to receive the money as-
sessed as damages as aforesaid, and give sufficient discharges there-
for; and the president and managers aforesaid shall pay, or secure to
be paid, the damages so adjudged, before they shall proceed to open
the said road, or remove the said materials; and if such owner or
owners shall reside out of the county, or be under any legal disabili-
ty, then the president, on the part of said company, shall enter into
bond, conditioned for the payment of the damages assessed, to the
person or persons who may be legally entitled to, and duly author-
ised to receive the same, and shall lodge said bond, and a copy of the
said valuation, in the office of the clerk of the county court where
the land lies, to be by him recorded, and upon such bond, or an office
copy thereof, suit may be instituted against the obligor or obligors
therein named by any person or persons entitled to receive such da-
mages; and the justices and sheriff shall be entitled to receive the
same fees as are allowed in similar cases, and the persons summoned
as jurors to value the damages sustained as aforesaid, shall each re-
ceive two dollars for every day he shall attend for that purpose;
which fees and allowance shall be paid by the president and managers
aforesaid; and the same proceedings shall be had, if required, in
case of damage done to, or apprehended by, the owner or owners of
any land or tenements over or through which said road may pass.

Dec. Ses. 1822

CHAPTER 89.

An act to incorporate the Columbian Beneficial Society.
WHEREAS, Henry Wygart, Charles Peregoy, John Grant, William
Kesley, David Carson, John Wright and others, have formed them-
selves into a society for the laudable purpose of affording relief to
each other and their respective families in the event of sickness,
distress or death, and have prayed an act of incorporation that they
may the better execute their intentions and the legislature being de-
sirous to promote such useful institutions,, therefore,

Passed Feb
1, 1823.
Preamble.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
Henry Wygart, Charles Peregoy, John Grant, William Kesley,
James Peregoy, David Carson, John Wright, and others, that now
are, or may hereafter become members of the said corporation here-
by created, or may be admitted into the said corporation agreeably to
the constitution, rules and by-laws of the same, and their successors,
are hereby declared to be one community, corporation and body po-
litic forever, by the name, style and title of The Columbian Benefi-

Incorporation