The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-06-23

or out the State, on application to Justice of
the Peace of Baltimore county, he shall issue his
warrant under his hand and seal directed to the
Sheriff of Baltimore county, requesting him to
summon Jury of twelve men, inhabitants of
said county, not related to or anywise interested
in the premises to meet on the land to be valued
on day to be specified in said warrant not less
than FIVE nor more than ten days after issuing
the same and in case any of the jurors aforesaid
do not attend, he shall, instanter, summon as
many Jurors as may be necessary, with the ju-
rors in attendance to finish a panel of twelve
jurors who shall act in the premises, and the
Sheriff shall administer to each of them an oath
or affirmation, as the case may be- that he will
Justly and impartially value the damages and
benefits which the owner or owners OF said land
will sustain, by the use or occupation of the same
by the said company, and in the estimation OF
damages sustained, due regard should be had to
the advantage which the owner or owners Will
have, by reason of the construction and compile
ton Of the aforesaid improvements, and in all
and every instance, the advantages are to be ia
ken and considered as an offset to damages and
the jury shall reduce their inquistion to writing
shall sign and seal the same, and it shall then
be returned by the Sheriff to the Clerk of the Cir
cult Court of Baltimore county, and by the said
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 con-
frmed shall be recorded by said clerk but if set
aside, the same court may direct another inquisi-
ton to take place in the manner before described
whose decision shall be returned as before direct
ed, and such valuation, when paid or rendered
the owner or owners of said property, or his or
her legal representative, shall entitle the said
company to the estate and interest on the same
thus valued as fully as if it had been conveyed
by the owner or owners of the same provided,
that no private property shall be taken by said
company for the use of said road, without just
compensation as agreed upon by the parties, or
awarded by the jury, being first paid or ten
dered to the party entitled to such compensation.
Sec. g. And be it enacted, That on the compile
ton of said railway or any section of two miles
thereof, it shall and may be lawful for the said
company to charge for passengers at the rate of
five cents per mile, per passenger, and for toll on
said gravel road such tolls as are now or may be
allowed by law to the several turnpike roads in
Baltimore county.
Sec TO- And be it enacted That if any per-
son or persons shall willfully break njure or de-
stroy the railroad or any property belonging to
the said company, or shall in any manner OBJ
struct the free passage along the road, he, she or
they shall forfeit and pay to the said company
three times the actual damages SO sustained, to
be used for and recovered with cost of suit before
any Justice of the Peace or any court having
cognizance thereof by action ofdebt or on the
case in the name andfor the use of the said COM
pany.
Sec. H. And be it enacted, That the General
Assembly of Maryland hereby reserves to itself
the right to alter, and repeal this act or any
part thereof
Sec. IL. And be it enacted, That if said rail
road or gravel road shall not have been complet-
ed within five years from the passage of this act
then this act shall be null and void and of no eff
feet.
Sec. 13. And be it enacted This act shall be in
force from the date of its passage.
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