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[Compensation of committee.] Said committee shall each receive 

 $2.00 per day for their service to be allowed by the county commissioners 

 and paid out of the county treasury not to exceed $20.00 in any one 

 year for each member. 



SEC. 4600. [The jury and venire.] If at the time set for hearing 

 the petition any party in interest demand a jury the probate judge shall 

 select and impanel a jury of twelve disinterested freeholders of the 

 county, who shall constitute a jury for the case, in which case no viewers 

 shall be appointed, and the probate judge shall issue a venire for such 

 jury, directed to the sheriff of the county, returnable at a day therein 

 named, not exceeding twenty days, which venire shall specify the time 

 of meeting of the jury in said court; and the rights of all the parties 

 in interest shall be investigated in one case and by one jury. 



SEC. 4601. [Impaneling jury and form of verdict.] At the time 

 fixed for the meeting of the jury, any party interested may challenge any 

 juror for cause, and the court shall hear and determine all further pre- 

 liminary questions pertaining to the case, and may direct the sheriff 

 of the county to fill any vacancies which may then be in the panel aris- 

 ing from any cause; and the judge shall thereupon administer an oath 

 to the jurors, faithfully and impartially to try the issues submitted to 

 them in the case, and a true verdict render according to the law and 

 evidence, and the jury shall in their verdict report in writing to the 

 court : 



First Whether the proposed levee will be conducive to the public 

 health, convenience, or welfare. 



Second The amount of compensation each person claiming com- 

 pensation for lands appropriated for the construction of the proposed 

 levee, is entitled to in case the same is located. 



Third What owners of lands should assist in the construction of 

 the proposed levee, and in defraying the costs and expenses thereof, 

 and the lots and lands, and the quantity thereof which will be benefited 

 by such levee, specifying the sections and work to be done and by whom 

 to be paid for, as provided in this chapter. 



SEC. 4602. [Trial to the jury.] The jurors may, in the discre- 

 tion of the court, before making up their verdict, be ordered to view 

 the premises along the route of the proposed levee, and the court shall 

 direct the engineer to make return, and lay before the jury, the neces- 

 sary maps, plats, and profiles of the proposed levee and the lands which 

 may be affected by the same ; the parties in interest may offer evidence, 

 and may be heard in person and by counsel before the jury, and the 

 jury shall be subject to the judicial direction of the court in the hear- 

 ing of the case and in making up its findings or verdict, and shall return 

 a verdict within ten days after being sworn, unless the court, for good 

 cause allow further time ; and it is authorized to adjourn the proceed- 

 ings in the premises as the circumstances of the case may require. 



SEC. 4603. [Proceedings on the verdict.] Upon the return of 

 the verdict and report of the jury, the court shall receive the same, 

 if found regular and in accordance with law, and thereupon discharge 

 the jury, but if not found regular and in accordance with law, he shall 

 recommit the case to the jury with proper instructions, to return the 

 same in conformity with the law; and after the jury have returned their 

 verdict and reported according to law, they shall be discharged, and" 

 the court shall proceed to confirm the verdict and report, if found to 



