Section 5-317. Tentative decree; what to contain; where filed  


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  • a. The court,
      after hearing such testimony and  considering  such  proofs  as  may  be
      offered,  shall  ascertain  and  estimate  the compensation which should
      justly be made by the city to the respective owners of the real property
      being acquired. The court shall  instruct  the  corporation  counsel  to
      prepare separate tabular abstracts of its estimate of damage.
        b.  The  tabular  abstract  of  the  estimated  damage shall set forth
      separately the amount of loss and damage, the names  of  the  respective
      owners of each and every parcel of real property affected thereby as far
      as  the  same  shall  be  ascertained,  and  a sufficient designation or
      description of the respective lots or parcels of real property acquired,
      by reference to the numbers of the respective parcels indicated upon the
      surveys, diagrams, maps or plans used by the court, or  copies  thereof,
      which,  together  with  all of the affidavits and proofs upon which such
      estimates are based, shall accompany or  be  attached  to  such  tabular
      abstracts.
        c.  The  finance  department  shall furnish to the corporation counsel
      sets of the tax maps of the city in duplicate for filing therein and for
      convenience of reference thereto in the tabular  abstract  of  estimated
      damage.  The  surveyor  of the finance department shall make and furnish
      all necessary surveys and corrections of the section maps, necessary  to
      keep  the  maps  furnished  to  the  corporation  counsel as accurate as
      practicable.
        d. Such tabular abstract or abstracts shall be signed by  the  justice
      trying  the  proceeding  and  filed  with  the clerk of the court in the
      county in which the order granting the application to condemn was  filed
      and  when  so  filed  such  abstract  or  abstracts shall constitute the
      tentative decree of the court as to awards for damages.