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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-46 > Chapter-46-2 > 46-2-15SECTION 46-2-15
§ 46-2-15 Appraisal and award of damages.– At the time mentioned in the notice given under the authority of §46-2-14, or at such adjournment from that time as the court shall order, thecourt shall appoint three (3) suitable persons to be commissioners to appraisethe damages sustained by any person whose property, estate, or rights ofproperty shall have been taken for either or any of the purposes authorized in§ 46-2-12; the commissioners, after being duly sworn to the faithfuldischarge of their trust and giving due notice to the parties in interest,shall proceed to hear the parties with their allegations and proofs, and toexamine the premises, and shall make up and return their award in the premisesto the clerk of the superior court from which they received their appointment,with their fees marked thereon, which fees, being first allowed by the court,shall be forthwith paid by the town or city taking the property, estate, orrights of property embraced in the award.
