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ODEN BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 83
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land, to be valued on a day named in said warrant,
not less than ten nor more than twenty days after
issuing the same; and if at said time and place
any of said jurors summoned do not attend, the
said Sheriff shall immediately summon as many
jurors as may be necessary, with the jurors in
attendance, to furnish a panel of twenty jurors in
attendance, and from them each party or his
agent, or if either be not present in person or by
agent, the Sheriff for him may strike off four
jurors, and the remaining twelve may act as a
jury of inquest; and before they act as such the
Sheriff shall administer to each of them an oath
or affirmation, as the case may be, that he will
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Summon
jurors.
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justly and impartially value the land required by
said Mayor and City Council for the Park afore-
said; and the said jury shall reduce their inquisi-
tion to writing, and shall sign and seal the same,
and it shall then be returned by the said Sheriff
to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore
County, or in the case of Patterson Park, to the
Circuit Court for Baltimore City, to be filed in his
Court for confirmation by said Court at its next
term, if no sufficient cause to the contrary be
shown, and when returned shall be recorded by
said Clerk at the expense of said Mayor and City
Council, but if set aside, the Court may direct
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Impartially
value.
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another inquisition to be taken in the manner
above prescribed, and such inquisition shall de-
scribe the land taken and the quantity or duration
of the interest in the same, valued for Mayor and
City Council, and such valuation when paid, or
tendered to the owner of said land, or his or her
legal representatives, shall entitle the said Mayor
and City Council to the estate or interest so val-
ued, as fully as if it had been conveyed by the
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Describe land.
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owner thereof; and the valuation, if not received
when tendered, may at any time thereafter be re-
ceived from the said Mayor and City Council by
the said owner.
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Valuation
tendered.
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959. The said Park Commissioners are author-
ized to enlarge the streets and avenues around and
leading to said Parks, and in the event of failing
to agree with the owner of any property required
for that purpose, or of any interest therein for the
purchase thereof, or if the owner be a feme covert,
under age, non compos mentis, or be residing out
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Failure to
agree.
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