1478 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 790]

tions as to time, if not paid within thirty days of the final
order of ratification of such award or return, and may be col-
lected by the treasurer of the county by an action of debt or in
the same manner as taxes are ordinarily collected, or by a bill
in equity, at the instance of the treasurer, for the enforcement
of such lien. The procedure in such cases shall conform to that
provided in section 462 of this article.

1910, ch. 484, sec. 177K.

459. Whenever any owner of property in Montgomery
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 delivered and
presented for record, the said county commissioners are author-
ized to accept the same, if, in their opinion, the same be nec-
essary and convenient for public use, and upon such accept-
ance, which shall be endorsed upon and recorded with the deed,
said avenue or road shall be kept in good order and repair as
the county roads; provided, however, that said road shall not
be less than thirty feet in width, and duly and properly graded,
in the judgment of the said county commissioners; and pro-
vided, further, that a plat of the road so dedicated shall be
furnished with and made a part of said deed and recorded
therewith, and a duplicate plat shall be furnished for preserva-
tion among the records of the said county commissioners.

1910, ch. 484, sec. 177L.

460. Whenever any road shall 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 said county
commissioners, if they deem public necessity requires the adop-
tion 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 or more news-
papers published in Montgomery 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 there-
after such road so declared to be made a public highway shall
be kept in good order and repair, as other county roads.

Ibid. sec. 177M.

461. 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