Mich. Comp. Laws § 229.3 : GENERAL HIGHWAY LAW —PUBLIC HIGHWAYS AND PRIVATE ROADS, ACT 283 OF 1909 — CHAPTER IX. OPENING OF PRIVATE ROADS AND TEMPORARY HIGHWAYS — Jury; oath, duty

Such freeholders, when met, shall be sworn by the commissioner well and truly to examine in regard to the necessity of such road, and in case they shall decide that such road is necessary, to justly and impartially appraise the damages of the owner or owners, or occupant of the land, by reason of laying out such road.