1456 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 790]

lines of said plot, and that the location of said stones are prop-
erly indicated on said plot; provided, however, that nothing
in this section shall prevent the maker of any of said plots
from placing the same on record in sections of the size here-
inbefore provided.

1894, ch. 622, sec. 60c.

401. The maker of said plat or plats, when the same shall
be presented for record, shall furnish the clerk of the Circuit
Court for said county, two copies of such plat or plats, one of
which shall be, by said clerk, placed in and attached' to the book
hereinafter provided for, and other shall, by said clerk, be
attached to and made a part of the "substance record," now by
law required to be kept, and shall transmit the same, with the
said "substance record," to the commissioner of the land office,
as now by law directed; and the said clerk shall receive for each
plat or section of a plat so filed with him, the sum of one dollar;
the maker of said plat or plats shall, at the same time, furnish
to the county surveyor of said county, a copy of such plat or
plats, which shall be by said county surveyor placed in and
attached to the plat book in this act required by him to be kept,
and said county surveyor shall receive a fee of one dollar for
each plat so filed with him.

1894, ch. 622, sec. 60D.

402. The clerk of the said Circuit Court and the county
surveyor of said county shall provide, and the county commis-
sioners of said county shall pay for, suitable books, to be des-
ignated "Plat Book No.," etc., in which such plats shall be
affixed.

Ibid. sec. 60E.

403. Such plats, when filed for record as in this act pro-
vided, shall constitute a part of the land records of said county,
and shall have the same force and effect as to notice as is now
given to properly recorded deeds.

Ibid. sec. 60F.

404. When said plats are so recorded, those portions of said
land designated on said plats as streets, roads, avenues, lanes,
alleys and public parks or squares, shall be and the same are
hereby declared to be forever dedicated to public use, and shall
not thereafter, on any pretext whatsoever, be altered or taken
for private use; provided, however, that nothing herein con-
tained shall affect the rights of any person or persons owning
or claiming any interest in said land derived by, from or under
any persons other than the maker of such plat, or by, from or
under such maker prior to such sub-division; and provided fur-