736 ARTICLE 3.

1904, ch. 465. B. Co. C. (1908), sec. 351. 1914, ch. 465. B. Co. C. (1916), sec. 506.

1928, sec. 595.

595. Whenever any owner of property in Baltimore County shall have
opened, laid out or graded any avenue or road for the public convenience
and is willing to dedicate the same to public uses by a good and sufficient
deed duly recorded, the County Commissioners of Baltimore County are
authorized to accept the same if, in their opinion, the same be necessary
and convenient for public use, and upon such acceptance, which shall be
endorsed upon and recorded with the deed, said avenue or road shall be
kept in good order and repair as other county roads; provided, however,
that previous to such acceptance said road shall not be less than thirty feet
in width and duly and properly graded, in the judgment of the County
Commissioners; and provided further, that a plat of the road so dedicated
shall be furnished with and made a part of said deed and recorded there-
with and a duplicate plat shall be furnished for preservation among the
records of the County Commissioners of Baltimore County.

1904, ch. 465. B. Co. C. (1908), sec. 352. 1914, ch. 465. B. Co. C. (191,6), sec. 507.

1928, sec. 596.

596. Whenever any road shadl have been in use by the public for
twenty years, though the same may never have been condemned or granted
as a public highway, the County Commissioners of Baltimore County, if
they deem public necessity requires the adoption of the same as such,
shall declare the said road to be a public highway, with full power to
relocate and straighten the same, in their discretion, and shall publish
a notice to that effect once a week for two successive weeks in one of more
newspapers published in Baltimore County; provided, said road shall not
be less than thirty feet in width, and said County Commissioners shall
cause a description and plat of said road to be made and recorded or filed
among their records, and thereafter such road so declared to be a public
highway, shall be kept in good order and repair as other county roads.

1904, ch. 465. B. Co. C. (1908), sec. 353. 1914, ch. 465. B. Co. C. (1916), sec. 508.

1928, sec. 597.

597. Whenever any doubt exists as to the proper location or width of
a county road, the said County Commissioners may cause the same to be
surveyed by the county surveyor and a description and plat made thereof
and recorded or filed among their records, which said description and plat,
shall be deemed official and prima facie correct by said County Commis-
sioners and in the courts of this State until and unless the contrary is,
proven. Whenever possible such description shall be made by reference
to the original description of said road when the same was acquired by
grant or condemnation, if such description can be found, but if the same
cannot be found then such description and plat shall be made of said road
as actually laid out and existing.

1904, ch. 465. B. Co. C. (1908), sec. 354. 1914, ch. 465. B. Co. C. (1916), sec. 509,

1928, sec. 598.

598. All applications for opening, altering, relocating, or closing roads
shall be by petition to the County Commissioners of Baltimore County