Section 6. It shall be lawful for the president and directors, their superintendents, engineers, and workmen, to enter on lands and enclosures near the place where the bridge is to be built, and to cut and carry off any timber or dig gravel, quarry stone, or gather sand necessary for building said bridge, also to enter thereon with wagons, carts, sleds, sleighs, or beasts of burden or draught, and take and carry off any material necessary in the construction of said bridge, doing as little damage as possible, and afterwards making amends for any damage that may be done, which damage, if the parties cannot agree, shall be submitted to the decision of three disinterested freeholders chosen by the parties; and if the parties cannot agree on the men, or if either party on due notice shall neglect or refuse to join in the choice, then said freeholders shall on application be appointed by any justice of the peace within the county not interested, who after being sworn or affirmed, shall assess or appraise the damage and make report thereof to the justice of the peace who appointed them. And the said directors or other person by them employed, after the tender of the appraised value to the owner, may enter, chop, dig, quarry, and carry off any material necessary in the building or repairing said bridge: Provided, That said company shall not enter upon any land or lands, or take possession of any property or materials without making compensation to the owner or owners thereof, or giving adequate security therefor.
Compiler's Note: Section 28 of Act 207 of 2004 provided that any and all references in any other law to a "district justice" or "justice of the peace" shall be deemed to be references to a magisterial district judge.