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Said verdict shall be taken before the judges of assize, and shall ascertain the compensation to be made, &c.
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LVIII. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every such verdict shall be taken before the judge or judges of assizes for the said city or county of said city, and shall ascertain the amount of the said compensation, rates, and damages, and the several persons to whom the same shall respectively be made and paid according to their several estates and interests in each and every parcel or denomination of said land, and in what shares and proportions, and when to be paid, and every such verdict shall to all intents and purposes be final and conclusive to all persons whatsoever then seized, possessed of, or interested in, or at any time thereafter to be seised, possessed of, interested in, or in any manner intitled to any estate or interest whatsoever, in or to the grounds aforesaid, either in fee simple, or fee tail, or for life, lives, or years, in possession, reversion, remainder, or expectancy; and that from and after the payment of said compensation, rates, and damages, in such manner as by the said verdict shall be directed, all the estate, property, and interest of and in all such parts of the grounds, houses, mills, and mill courses aforesaid, as heretofore have been, or hereafter shall be used or applied by the said mayor, sheriffs, and commonalty, or their successors, for the purposes in this, or any of the said former acts mentioned, shall so far as shall be necessary for the said purposes only, and not further or otherwise, vest in the said mayor, sheriffs, and commonalty, or their successors for ever, who shall thereupon be deemed in law to be in the actual seizin and possession thereof, and that such verdict, and the effect and validity thereof, shall never afterwards, in any manner, be questioned, or called into controversy in any court of law or equity.
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