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Owner of the ferries to be summoned to insert the commissioners to agree for purchase of their rights thereto.
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II. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That as soon as the said commissioners shall, as aforesaid, have assigned, designed, and appointed how and in what manner the aforesaid bridge shall be built, and over what particular part of the said river Lee, and that such designation and appointment shall be confirmed as aforesaid, the said commissioners before they shall proceed or have power to proceed to build such bridge, shall summon the owners and all persons whatsoever having or claiming any estate, right, title, or interest in and to the two ferries plying for hire over the said north branch of the river Lee, one from the Custom-house to the opposite side of said river, and the other from the Coal-quay to the opposite side, to meet the said commissioners, at such time and place in said city as shall be mentioned in such summons, in order to agree with the said several persons either for the purchase of their respective estate, right, title, term, and interest in and to the said ferries, or to make them recompence for any damage or loss that may be sustained by them respectively by the building such bridge at the election of such owners, proprietors, or persons respectively claiming such right, title, or interest in or to such ferries, which summons shall be served upon, or left at the dwelling-house of such person or persons respectively, ten days at least before they shall be required to meet said commissioners; and in case the said commissioners cannot at such meeting agree with and satisfy the said several persons for the purchase of their respective estates, right, title, term, and interest in said ferries, or for any damage or loss that they may respectively sustain by the building of such bridge, that then, a jury shall be summoned to value the same as herein after mentioned.
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