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a larger proportion than one -fourth of such fund to grading

May
purchase

or other pressing need ; and the County Commissioners may,

Stone

if it shall appear to be in the interest of economy, purchase

Crashers.

one or more stone crushers out of the fund set apart as the

general road and bridge fund, for the purpose of supplying

stone for use on the roads, to be operated in such manner as

they shall determine.

SEC. 196. And be it enacted, That whenever any person

or persons shall desire to improve any road, to an extent

beyond that contemplated by the County Commissioners and

Improve

the supervisor of the district, where it is located, they may

Roads.

make application to the commissioners by petition, setting

forth the location of the road to be improved, the extent and

character of the improvement, and probable cost thereof, and

if the County Commissioners, after considering the same

aud probable cost thereof, shall be satisfied that the public

interest will be promoted thereby, they may direct the ex-

penditure of an amount not exceeding three hundred dollars

Con-
ditions.

per mile; provided, the petitioner for such improvements shall

first pay into the treasury of the county an amount not less

than double that appropriated by the County Commissioners,

and all such money shall be expended under the direction of

the supervisor of the district where the improvements are to

be made.

SEC. 197. And be it enacted, That 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 good and

sufficient deed duly recorded, the County Commissioners are

Roads for

authorized to accept the same, if in their opinion the same

Public
Uses

be necessary and convenient for public use ; and upon such

acceptance the said avenue or road so dedicated shall be kept

in good order and repair by the road commissioners of the

district in which it may be situated; provided, however, that

Provision

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.

SEC. 198. And be it enacted, That whenever any road shall

have been in use for twenty years, though the same may not

have been condemned or granted as a public highway, the

County Commissioners, if they deem public necessity requires

When

the adoption of the same as such, shall declare the said road

Declared

to be a public highway with full power to re-locate and

Public
Highways

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 newspapers published in Baltimore County ;

Provision.

provided, said road shall not be less than thirty feet in width;