They  shall  take  the  constitutional  oath  of  office,  and  without
unnecessary  delay  lay  out  the  route  of  such  road  in  such
manner  as  in  their  opinion  will  best  promote  the  public  in-
terests ;  they  shall  hear  all  persons  interests  who  shall  apply
to  be  heard  and  may  take  testimony  in  relation  thereto,  and
shall  cause  an  accurate  survey  and  description  of  the  road
andthe  necessary  buildings  and  gates,  signed  and  acknowledged
by  them  to  be  recorded  in  the  clerk's  office  of  the  county.  If
the  road  is  situated  in  more  than  one  county,  such  survey  and
description  shall  be  separate  as  to  that  portion  in  each  county
and  filed  in  the  office  of  the  cleark  of  the  county  in*  which
it  relates.  The  corporation  shall  pay  each  commissioner
three  dollars  for  every  day  spent  by  him  in  the  per-
formance of  his  duties  and  his  necessary  expenses.^

Sec.  762.  Possession  of  and  title  to  real  estate  —The  route
so  laid  out  and  surveyed  by  the  commissioners  shall  be  the
route  of  the  road,  and  the  corporation  may  enter  upon,  take
and  hold  for  the  purposes  of  its  incorporation,  the  lands
described  in  ^ch  survey  as  necessary  for  the  construction  of
its  road,  and  requisite  building  sand  gates.  If  for  any  cause
the  owner  of  any  of  such  lands  shall  be  incapable  of  selling
the  same  or  his  name  or  residence  can  not  with  reasonable
diligence  be  ascertained  or  the  corporation  is  unable  to  agree

1  L.  1890,  c.  556,  §  123.  "  H.,  §  124.
