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300.74 Instruction on Use of Verdict Forms--Overhead Electric Transmission Line Case--Damage to Easement Strip Not Contested or Contested--Damage to Land Outside Strip Not Contested or Contested When you retire to the jury room you will first select a foreperson. He or she will preside during your deliberations. Your verdict must be unanimous. Forms of verdicts are supplied with these instructions. After you have reached your verdict, fill in and sign the appropriate forms and return them into court. Your verdicts must be signed by each of you. You should not write or mark upon this or any of the other instructions given to you by the court. When you have determined the just compensation to be paid to the defendant for his part of the property which is occupied by the structures supporting the transmission lines, you will complete the appropriate verdict form. [When reading this instruction, the court should now say, "This verdict form reads as follows:" and should then read the corresponding verdict form to the jury.] You will also decide [whether there is] [the amount of the] damage to that part of the easement strip not occupied by the structures [, and if so, the amount of that damage]. [When reading this instruction, the court should now say, "This verdict form reads as follows:" and should then read the corresponding verdict form to the jury.] [If you find there [is] [will be] no damage to that part of the easement strip not occupied by the structures, write the word "None" in the blank on the appropriate form.] You will also decide [whether there is] [the amount of the] damage to the defendant's property outside the easement strip [, and if so, the amount of that damage]. [When reading this instruction, the court should now say, "This verdict form reads as follows:" and should then read the corresponding verdict form to the jury.] [If you find there [is] [will be] no damage to the defendant's property outside the easement strip, write the word "None" in the blank on the appropriate form.]