The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-05-15
Public General Laws.
CHAPTER Isl.

CHAPTER Isl.
AN ACT TO REPEAL AND RE-ENACT
WITH AMENDMENT. SECTION 16I
OF ARTICLE % OF THE CODE OF
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS, TITLE
"CORPORATIoNS," SUB T I L
RAILROAD COMPANIES" ANE
TO ADD a NEW SECTION TO SAFE
ARTICLE, TO BE KNOWN AS SEC
TON 1894.
Section l. Be it enacted by the Genera!
Assembly Of Maryland, That section iG.
of Article % of the Code OF Public Genera
LRWI titis a9Tpora no na . fuo- ms
| IS, hereby repealed and re-eEacted;, WITT
an amendment, so as 10 read as follows
ls1: The said president and directors
them. may agree with the owner or own
ers of any land, earth, gravel. stone. tim
| hey. streams or materials, or any improve
Tents which may be wanted for Tie
proper construction or repair of any OF
Saiu roads. or any of their works, for the
purchase and use and occupation or diver,
sion of the same; and if they cannot agree
or if the owner or owners or any of them
be m infant, tema covert. who Is not pos
sAssed of the property 10 her sole anc
separate use, or authorized to contrac,
mentis. or out of the county where sucf
properly wanted may lie. when such
cause he legally inrapable of contractinc,
application NAV be made by the said
company 10 any justice of the peace OF
his warrant. under his hand and seal. tc
The sheriff of rhe co;:ntV' recurring l,itr
to summon a Jury of twenty Of the inhab,
itants Of said county above the age OF
as Jurors under The laws Of this state
no; related to the parties nor in any wise
interested. to meet on the lands or near
rt,1 >.,l. ,4.T
on a day named in said warrant not less
than ten nor more than twenty DAYS after
issuing the same. and il at said time and
place any Of the said Jurors sum mon ed
do not attend. the Sheriff shall immedi.
afeiv summon a. many prrsous similarly
qualified as, together with those in at
tendance shall make up twenty, and from,
the panel each party, his her. its or theft
agent or attorney. or if either party be-
NOT present in person or by agent or be.
ing present in person or agent refuse to
strike. the Sheriff for him, her. it 0,
them may strike off four persons, and
the remaining twelve shall act as the
jury of the inquest of damages; and to
each before he acts as such Juror tbs
sheriff shall administer an oath or affirm
alton that he will justly and impartially
value the damages which the owner OF
owners will sustain by the use and occu
patton of the property required by. the
said company; and the said jury shall re.
duce their inquisition to writing and sign
and seal the same; and it shall then be
returned by the sheriff to the clerk of this
circuit court for his county, and be filed
by said clerk in his Office, and shall be
confirmed by said court any time after
the expiration of thirty days from the
date Of such filing, If no sufficient cause
to the contrary be shown; and when con.
firmed shall be recorded by said clerk al
the expense Of the company; but if the
same be set aside, the said court shall
direct another inquisition to be taken, II
the manner above described: and in case
the second or any other inquisition which
is confirmed by the court shall not award
to the land owner a larger amount OF
damages than was awarded by the first
inquisition, the court may. in its discre-
other inquisition to be paid by the owner
or owners of said land or materials con-
demned; and the inquisition shall in all
cases describe the property taken or the
bounds of the land condemned, and the
quality or duration of the interest In the
same valued for the company. and such
valuation. when paid or rendered to the
owner or owners of the property, his. her
Or their legal representatives shall en-
title the said company to the estate and
had been legally conveyed by the owner
or owners of the same; and the valuation
if not received when rendered, may al
any time thereafter be received without
costs from said company by the owner
sentatives; and the sheriff shall Keep the
said jury together for reasonable time
until they snail agree upon and sign and
shall SO happen that the jury cannot agree
after being Kept together as aforesaid. the
.sherln may. IN ms dlscretion, dlscharge
I the said jury, and without any further
warrant from a justice of the peace. shall,
WITHIN i've days thereafter, summon
another jury of twenty inhabitants as
aforesaid, not upon the former jury, and