360                               Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 285

acquired or by lot and block or square, where a subdivisional map or
plat is of record and the whole area of such lot is sought to be ac-
quired, ; OR SUCH METES AND BOUNDS SHALL BE SET
FORTH ON A PLAT SHOWING THE AREA TO BE ACQUIRED
AND SETTING FORTH THEREON A BEGINNING POINT FOR
SAID DESCRIPTION ESTABLISHED AND REFERENCED TO
A MARKER, MONUMENT OR CALL SET FORTH IN A DEED.
The inquisition also shall describe the quantity or duration of in-
terest in the same valued for the corporation and such valuation
when paid or tendered to the owner of said property, or his legal
representative, after confirmation thereof, or when the same shall
be paid into court, under such regulations as the court by which the
said inquisition shall have been confirmed shall prescribe, shall en-
title the said company to the estate and interest in the same thus
valued, as fully as if it had been conveyed by the owner of the same;
and the, valuation, if not received when tendered, may at any time
thereafter be received from said corporation without cost by the said
owner or his legal representatives; and all fees or per diem to which
any sheriff, clerk, juror or other officer shall be entitled for any serv-
ice required of him under the aforesaid proceedings for condemnation
shall be paid by the corporation causing the same to be instituted.

1.

The proceedings for the acquisition of private property for public
use shall be as follows:

The proceedings shall be begun by the filing of a petition in the
circuit court for the county in which the property sought to be con-
demned is situated, on the law side thereof, or in one of the law courts
of Baltimore situated, on the law side thereof, or in one of the law
courts of Baltimore City, if such property is situated in Baltimore
City, by the State, municipal, or other corporation, commission, board,
body or person seeking to have the property condemned, and against
the owner or owners thereof, and the husbands and wives of married
owners.

In case any owner or owners is or are not known, he or they may
be described in such petition as the unknown owner or owners, or the
unknown heir or heirs of a deceased owner. The petition shall set
forth a description of the property sought to be acquired, sufficient
for identification, a statement of the purpose for which same is
sought to be condemned, and that the petitioner is unable to agree
with the owner or owners thereof, or that one or more of said owners
is or are under some legal disability to contract, unknown or nonresi-
dent, according to the facts [;] . The description required by this
section shall be by metes and bounds of the area sought to be acquired
or by lot and block or square, where a subdivisional map or plat is
of record and the whole area of such lot is sought to be acquired? ;
OR SUCH METES AND BOUNDS SHALL BE SET FORTH ON
A PLAT SHOWING THE AREA TO BE ACQUIRED AND SET-
TING FORTH THEREON A BEGINNING POINT FOR SAID
DESCRIPTION ESTABLISHED AND REFERENCED TO A
MARKER, MONUMENT OR CALL SET FORTH IN A DEED, and
the said petition shall contain a prayer that the said property may be
condemned.

Upon the completion of the aforementioned plats or maps, and

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