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of Commissioners, and from time to time, as often as said event shall 

 happen, to appoint ahj other discreet or disinterested person, being a citizen 

 of the city of Chicago, in the place of said appraisers so dying, resigning or 

 refusing to act, and said appraisers shall proceed to discharge the duties of 

 their appointment, and to complete their estimate and awards, as soon as 

 conveniently may be, and shall file their final report in the office of the 

 clerk of the circuit court of Cook county within three months of the date 

 of their appointment. 



Sec. 4. It shall be competent and lawful for a majority of of said Board 

 of Appraisers, designated as aforesaid, to perform the trust and duties of 

 their appointment; and their acts shall be as valid and effectual as the acts 

 of all the appraisers so to be appointed, if they had acted therein, would 

 have been. And in every case the proceedings and decisions of a majority 

 in number of said Board of Appraisers, acting in the premises shall be as 

 valid and effectual as if the said appraisers appointed for such purposes had 

 all concurred and joined therein. 



Sec. 5. The appraisers herein provided for in relation to the taking and 

 the value of any of the lands mentioned in the first section of this act, shall 

 make just and true estimate of the value of such lands and of the loss and 

 damage to the respective owners, lessees and parties and persons respectively 

 entitled to or interested in the same, together with the tenements, heredita- 

 ments and appurtenances, privileges or advantages to the same belonging or 

 in any wise appertaining, by and in consequence of the relinquishing the 

 same to the said city of Chicago ; and in making said estimate they shall not 

 make any deduction or allowance for any supposed advantages to be derived 

 from taking said lands as public places or in consequence thereof; and the 

 amounts so estimated, when duly confirmed, shall be paid as hereinafter in 

 this act provided. Whenever such estimate shall be completed, they shall 

 file the same with the clerk of the circuit court of Cook county, and there- 

 upon proceedings may be had to correct or confirm the same as in this act 

 provided. 



Sec. 6. Said appraisers and any party being the owner of, or interested 

 in, any of the lands mentioned in this act, may agree upon the value thereof 

 and upon the amount of damages and compensation to be awarded therefor, 

 and said appraisers may make special reports in relation to any matter so 

 agreed upon, and any such special report may be filed and proceedings may 

 be had to confirm the same, and the same may be confirmed in the same 

 manner and with like effect, as is provided herein with relation to other 

 reports of said appraisers; and upon the confirmation of any such special 

 report, the amount of the awards thus confirmed shall be paid in the same 

 manner as if such awards had been made in a general report of said apprais- 

 ers and duly confirmed. 



Sec. 7. Before proceeding to discharge any of their duties the appraisers 

 shall respectively take and subscribe an oath in writing before some officer 

 authorized by law to administer oaths, honestly and faithfully to discharge 

 the duties which may devolve upon them, in pursuance of this act, which 

 oath shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county court of the 



